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I think commute time should count two or three times. I sit in the car for 80 minutes a day and I am totally shot in the evening so I get nothing done even if I
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
I think commute time should count two or three times. I sit in the car for 80 minutes a day and I am totally shot in the evening so I get nothing done even if I have time. . On the days I work from home I work the same amount. After work I relax for half an hour and can do things after. Commuting is a real soul killer in my view.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoEh, I do ~70min each way (in a shitbox with no A/C no less) and I still manage to do stuff in the evening. I think counting it once makes sense.
- taneq 7y agoDepends entirely on the content of your commute, no? 70min in hectic traffic navigating poorly designed freeway interchanges is going to be way more exhausting than a cruise in the country with some good music.
- cheschire 7y agoBut then you might as well count the “quality” of all of the activities. Is your job knowledge work, food service, industrial, etc? Did you count your development for fun as work? What about your research for fun? Is your parenting duties time doing homework with your kids or playing board games?
- sethammons 7y agoI was doing 2 to 3 hours each way depending on traffic. I did that for 6 or 7 years. Now I work from home. It is really nice, but I still feel like I have no time.
- Matumio 7y agoYou just made me realize how lucky I am. I'm commuting 2x 55min per day. I always think it's too much, but it's mostly by train. There is about a 50% chance of me getting 2x 35min uninterrupted reading time out of it (depending on the crowd).
- LilBytes 7y agoMan, I ride my motorbike to work every day and it usually takes 15 minutes each way on average. Yet I wonder what it'd be like to jump cities and double my income. comments like yours and the OP really make me understand and value my free time substantially.