Before you buy property and extend your commute to 3 hours per day, you should test if such a long commute doesn’t slowly deteriorate your life. Start today. Te

Before you buy property and extend your commute to 3 hours per day, you should test if such a long commute doesn’t slowly deteriorate your life. Start today. Tell your wife you want to test the commute back home, then pick a route that takes 1.5 hours. Tomorrow take a route that takes 1.5 hours to work. Repeat for the next 3 months. Ask your employer for those 2 days per week home office. See if it works for both of you. If your employer is not willing to let you remote work now then it is going to be a big gamble later. If you can keep it up without problems, I’m all for it, go ahead and buy that property. My guess is after a while you might feel stressed and tired and think “This commute sucks. Luckily this ends after three months!”. If you catch yourself thinking this, you should reconsider your plan of moving this far away from your job. (Or think about looking for a new job closer to that property.)