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> you can zone out Another commenter worried that your advice might not be universally applicable because of weather, but I'm worried because of traffic. Wheth
by schoen 10y ago
> you can zone out
Another commenter worried that your advice might not be universally applicable because of weather, but I'm worried because of traffic. Whether you can zone out on a bike commute probably depends on what country you're in, and hence whether your bike commute involves a protected cycle path vs. dodging heavy car traffic. I've seen cyclists commuting in Utrecht and in São Paulo, and the former could probably zone out, while the latter would be taking a major risk if they did.
- ryandvm 10y agoBy "zone out", I don't think he means vacantly ogle the scenery. He's just advocating turning off the music/podcasts, disabling phone notifications, and just driving. I often do this when I find my base stress level rising. You just watch the road in front of you while you turn things over in your head the whole time. We're well into idle speculation territory here, but I think this sort of mental garbage collection is a necessary and underrated exercise. It's something that people are unknowingly depriving themselves of when they insist on constantly signal jamming their brains with Facebook/Instagram/Twitter/Feedly.