hey guys-
i do freelance social media for sunshine as one of many, many freelance projects that i have, and one of the fringe benefits of putting in a few hours a week for sunshine is that i get to work out of either of the Manhattan locations. it's a bit of trek, since if i'm at home i'm in astoria and if i'm with my girlfriend i'm in greenpoint, but i've found that the act of getting up and actually going in to a desk space, rather than saying 'yup, gonna start working" at arbitrarily assigned time, even figuring in the hour of transit.
it's true that a lot of the same distractions, or rather variations on such, can exist in a co-working space. annoyingly loud phone calls, bothers from home, cat videos on the internet (sooo many cat videos. SO. MANY.).
but in a co-working space, every distraction is an opportunity, really-someone COULD be bothering you to see if you do graphic design, because they're looking for someone to do their business cards. and i've found those opportunities outweigh the negatives? because when it comes to stuff like not slacking around on the internet, that's still a temptation anywhere-may as well place yourself smack dab in the middle of networking opportunities.
that's just my two cents-i'd probably STILL be working from home if my work at sunshine hadn't introduced me to Coworking with a capital "C", but, honestly, I've tried to work from home and it just doesn't happen.