[acty1]

The article points out things that do not happen to me.

Lose motivation and find it yourself? That's a truism since motivation is internal. Maybe they meant you lose external micromanagement.

Plan 4 days in advance? Sure if you decide to move to a totally different timezone. But it's not inherent to remote work per se.

Better communicator? This the article gets right. There's no time to screw around and sit on an issue.

Work life balance? You mean not having to spend an hour to/fro getting ready to look pretty for your boss and colleagues?

Answering the odd e-mail at different times is nothing compared to spending hundreds of hours a year getting dressed and driving to work