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I loved my commute, it was a 30mins cycling through the countryside. Now I haven't used my bike in months. :( Remote working hasn't been good for me.

ravenstine 6y ago
Can you bike to somewhere that you can work? I don't bike, but I often drive somewhere and work off my LTE connection. Got a little desk that mounts to my steering wheel and everything.
- thirdsun 6y ago
  Much simpler solution as suggested by other commenters: Simply get into the habit of riding a quick 30 minute loop on the bike before working at home. Biking or running just for the sake of exercise is a completely normal thing to do and I don't see why it has to be justified by a specific purpose like commuting.
analog31 6y ago
I also biked to work daily before lockdown. I've been doing a "fake commute," where I get out every morning before my work day begins. Either cycling or walking.
- novaRom 6y ago
  Same here. Even walking 20 minutes every morning is nice to start a day. Now working from home requires some discipline, and I compensate it with doing a spontaneous jogging during a day.
  - mFixman 6y ago
    Exercise and sunlight before work has done wonders for my mental health while working from home. I'm lucky that the first part of my commute through green areas — I can ignore the second part through a congested part of London now that I don't have to end in the office.
tomcooks 6y ago
Go buy breakfast bread 15 mins away from home?
maxbreaker 6y ago
I don't understand this. Why? Why couldn't you go for a 30 minutes bike ride every morning as if you were going to work? and go back home? What's the difference?
- tiborsaas 6y ago
  I think purpose. It's easy to take it as a perk that you can ride your bike for 30 min and get "free" exercise while you go to work. It's a bit different mindset to ride your bike just for the sake of exercising and not having a bigger goal behind it. It's easy to make the switch though, I did it :)

ravenstine 6y ago

Can you bike to somewhere that you can work? I don't bike, but I often drive somewhere and work off my LTE connection. Got a little desk that mounts to my steering wheel and everything.

thirdsun 6y ago
Much simpler solution as suggested by other commenters: Simply get into the habit of riding a quick 30 minute loop on the bike before working at home. Biking or running just for the sake of exercise is a completely normal thing to do and I don't see why it has to be justified by a specific purpose like commuting.

analog31 6y ago

I also biked to work daily before lockdown. I've been doing a "fake commute," where I get out every morning before my work day begins. Either cycling or walking.

novaRom 6y ago
Same here. Even walking 20 minutes every morning is nice to start a day. Now working from home requires some discipline, and I compensate it with doing a spontaneous jogging during a day.
- mFixman 6y ago
  Exercise and sunlight before work has done wonders for my mental health while working from home. I'm lucky that the first part of my commute through green areas — I can ignore the second part through a congested part of London now that I don't have to end in the office.

tomcooks 6y ago

Go buy breakfast bread 15 mins away from home?

maxbreaker 6y ago

I don't understand this. Why? Why couldn't you go for a 30 minutes bike ride every morning as if you were going to work? and go back home? What's the difference?

tiborsaas 6y ago
I think purpose. It's easy to take it as a perk that you can ride your bike for 30 min and get "free" exercise while you go to work. It's a bit different mindset to ride your bike just for the sake of exercising and not having a bigger goal behind it. It's easy to make the switch though, I did it :)