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But the environment matters a lot less than the fact that when I get home from work—which is a two hour commute each way (sorry, I can’t afford to live in downt
by Kenji 7y ago
But the environment matters a lot less than the fact that when I get home from work—which is a two hour commute each way (sorry, I can’t afford to live in downtown San Francisco)—I just feel like being mentally incapacitated.
This person spends 4 hours commuting each day. I would suffer from mental atrophy as well. If you work full-time, that's at least 8 additional hours per day down the drain, and that doesn't even include groceries, cooking, eating, taking a shower, etc. Barely any time is left if you want to get 7-8 hours of sleep. I think the soul-crushing reality here is that a commute like this is very unhealthy, and that he should change this by moving or getting another job.
- mcv 7y agoEither the commute, or the long working day. The commute might be less soul crushing on a 6 hour work day. In any case, I generally refuse jobs outside Amsterdam (where I live) unless it's Utrecht right next to the station. Otherwise the commute just gets too long. Sometimes a recruiter asks if there's really no way around that, and I tell them counting the commute as hours worked, meaning I'd be present at the office less, would work fine for me. I don't want to be forced to sacrifice private time for work.