Work from home was such a blessing for me because it set in simultaneously with my elderly dog's health decline (medication 3x a day, seizures that cause urination, laundry etc). The only reason she got to live out her last two years was because someone was home with her around the clock. We would have had to put her down if we were spending 50 hours a week each away from home. She passed, and then our other dog got old somehow. Now my schedule is partial wfh, and those 10 hour days in office wreak havoc on my desire to keep dog beds clean. Love having to weigh my family's life in one hand, and my job in the other