They are discovering that their desired lifestyle can be made possible by the Internet. E-mail, Web sites, video conferencing and opportunities to hire the people they need without taking on the usual headaches are gifts from cyberspace that they are using to restructure their work and their personal lives. The moderate version of this trend is to remain with your employer and do more telecommuting. Studies are finding that more time off is winning out over more money as an employee incentive these days. People want more time to relax and spend with their families.
Telecommuting is one way to get that time.
The extreme version of the trend is to totally restructure your work and lifestyles, physically moving to a place you'd rather be, and using all the resources of the Internet to make it happen. A good example of this is yours truly. I built a financial advisory business with a partner over fifteen years in the Washington, D.C., area. Having grown tired of the immensity of D.C. with its pollution, traffic and high population density, I moved my family to Albuquerque, which we perceived as offering the lifestyle we wanted. This would never have been possible ten years ago.