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Hey, a relevant article to me. I ride the metrolink from the same station she used to ride from. I have a 35 minute drive to the Riverside metrolink, and I take
by sethammons 9y ago
Hey, a relevant article to me. I ride the metrolink from the same station she used to ride from. I have a 35 minute drive to the Riverside metrolink, and I take it down to Orange, another 55 minutes. This is about to expand to 1 hour and 15 minutes when my work moves its office to Irvine.
My typical day, I wake up at 4am, drive to Riverside to do some crossfit from 5:30-6:30, and hop on the train at 7am. I get to the office shortly after 8am. Fortunately, I leave around 4pm and am usually home by 6pm. I tend to work on the train, but I can use that for side projects or leisure when I feel like it.
After 5 years of doing that, I shifted to working in the office usually 3 days a week, and then remote the last two days of the week. It really has helped.
Why do I do it? I really love where I work. It is fantastic. I also really love where I live in the mountains of SoCal. My coworkers have a hard time wrapping their head around dealing with wildlife like bears and things like ice and snow in the winter :). Many also can't process that my mortgage is under half of what they spend on an apartment (that they split with a roommate). My wife is a part time crossfit coach and full time mother, doing home school with our two youngest kids.
I've thought about moving close to work, but housing is just so expensive there. Counting commute costs, I would have to spend 4x on a mortgage in the city. I would like to do things like save money for my future and eat healthy foods. So I stay where I'm at. And I'm happy.
- oaxacaoaxaca 9y agoThat's amazing. So do you live in Arrowhead?
- sethammons 9y agoOther side of the mountain, up hwy38
- snowpanda 9y agoYou described what I kind of hope my future to look like, I'd love to live somewhere like that and commute/work remotely. Question: was it hard to get reliable internet out there? With the mountains and all.
- sethammons 9y agoFor a long time, the internet was terrible. We have FiOS where I'm at, and it tends to work well. There are other areas on the mountain with broadband that is slower. If you get too remote, you are left with satellite which has too high of a ping for video conferencing or games.
- TimTheTinker 9y agoThis is close to home for me, too — although I count myself extremely blessed to have a good job in Redlands, within biking distance. (I used to commute 2 1/2 hours a day from here to school.)
- erikb 9y agoyour whole story and this thread has basically nothing to do with crossfit, but you need to mention it twice? Why not say "sport"!
- nolanhanz 9y agoBecause CrossFit is not a sport, it’s a religion
- synicalx 9y agoReligion? Or just 1/3 of a pull up? (I fully expect to be crucified for this)
- sornaensis 9y agoI imagine if his wife was a tennis coach and he practiced tennis every morning, he would have brought up tennis specifically... Crossfit is a workout regiment anyway, not really a sport.
- jnordwick 9y agoHow can you tell when someone does Crossfit? Don't worry, they'll tell you.
- sethammons 9y agoHaha. Yeah, I could have left it off for saying I work out. I felt it was relevant for context on my wife's coaching.
- jnordwick 9y agoMy whole family (except me) does Crossfit. They even compete, and one of my brothers is a coach too. They even do paleo. I'm used to it.
- IgorPartola 9y agoFlight attendant: this man is having a heart attack! Is there a doctor on the plane? Passenger: I do CrossFit. Flight attendant: He might be dying! Passenger 2: I’m a vegan.
- wellboy 9y agoWhy not get a hotel room 1 or night a week, then you can stay there for your 3 day "shift" for one night.
- sethammons 9y agoI like having dinner with my family and hanging out with them for a couple of hours each night.
- bosie 9y agoIf you don't mind me asking, when do you go to bed?
- sethammons 9y ago9 or 10
- junkscience2017 9y agoyou are obviously making your health a priority, which us key. lots of people with megacommutes end up losing what little exercise they had and are probably reducing their lifespans seems like you are also on your way to squeezing out more WFH as time progresses as long as your company continues to honor your arrangement, it sounds like you have it made, congrats!