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That commute turns out to be one of my favourite parts of the day. In the mornings, I leave early to workout at the company gym. (Not true at the moment, becau
by nickelcitymario 6y ago
That commute turns out to be one of my favourite parts of the day.
In the mornings, I leave early to workout at the company gym. (Not true at the moment, because all gyms are closed in my area right now.) That commute gives me time to wake up and get into the gym mindset.
After work, it gives me time to unwind, let go of the stress for the day, and get into my dad-of-4 mindset.
Without it, everything blends together. My work days would never really start and never really end.
- nucleardog 6y agoWhat's your commute like? The common thread I'm finding in the people that don't mind their commute is generally that... their commute isn't terrible. Mine's 45m-1h to work, and 1h-2h home in a city with notoriously awful traffic design and flow. It's basically just 5 miles of gridlock. In the heavy urban traffic I find it actually _adds_ a lot of stress to my day--it definitely feels like a mad max style survival adventure more than anything. I used to commute 45 minutes each way on a nice dual line divided highway with very light traffic. Barring the odd blizzard, I found it like you describe... A great chance to let my mind switch states between home/work. And it was nice to have an hour and a half every day where I _couldn't_ beat up on myself for not being productive and could actually just truly sit and enjoy listening to a podcast or something.
- nutshell89 6y agoMine was 22-24 minutes each way on the subway — just enough time to read a few HN posts on the phone, listen to a quick podcast episode, or blast through an offline Spotify playlist. I think the best part of my commute was that it provided a 'clean break' between working at the office and my home life.