Define "work".
If by "work", you mean contributing to the capitalistic growth of The Economy™, then no I wouldn't want to work.
If by "work" you mean meaningfully contribute to my community and society as a whole, yes I'd still want to work. Not every day, but I was on unemployment benefits for almost a year, and it gets boring after a while not feeling like a useful member of your community.
I believe they mean setting up a VPN on your network, rather than buying a service from a VPN provider.
Something like Wireguard lets you configure individual devices to access your network remotely.