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In no particular order:

1) They do not want to have to drive and make a commute to their place of employment. Perhaps their old job required driving on a dangerous highway and they valued their life enough to not take that chance anymore. Gas is really expensive and that would definitely contribute to this reason.

2) They want to spend as much time with their family as possible. I was lucky enough to have a stay at home mother, but there are too many kids these days that are not as lucky as I was. Or perhaps they just want to be with the people they care for the most without having a job to constrict and limit their time spent together.

3) They hate their bosses/managers/etc. I remember being treated like garbage at my first job. I was expendable. The fact that I was young, nervous and naive meant nothing to my superiors. I was forced to work hours I did not enjoy while they had all the choices they wanted. Sound familiar?

4) They're lazy. They dream of living a life of leisure, or they just want to make a living while doing a minimal amount of work.

5) They want to explore other areas of life they would never have time for with a job, or they have a passion that they never have time for. Sports, fishing, gardening, computers, video games, martial arts, RC gliders...the list is endless.

6) They enjoy not having to wear some fancy (or ugly) uniform while they work. They're free to work in their underwear if they please, or they don't have to wear anything period while they work *insert laugh track here*.

7) They never have to feel like somebody is watching them while they work. They can screw around, listen to music, look up non-work related sites on the internet, or anything else that would be frowned upon in the work place.

8) They can eat whatever they want, whenever they want. No more being limited to breaks, no more cafeteria food (didn't we all get enough of that back in school?).

9) No more obnoxious, weird co-workers.
10) You work for yourself at home. You're not making some CEO or whoever richer while being underpaid