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Same experience as me, went in nobody was there. Spent day doing the exact same thing as at home with a different view and extra 50 minutes of driving. Did not

Same experience as me, went in nobody was there. Spent day doing the exact same thing as at home with a different view and extra 50 minutes of driving. Did not go in again.

musicale 5y ago
It sounds like the commute is a big part of it. My perfect commute would probably be a 10 minute bicycle ride, or maybe a short train ride.
- byefruit 5y ago
  I do the 10-15 minute cycle and it is excellent. Have been considering throwing in the occasional walking day too.
  - niek_pas 5y ago
    That's what I did when I had a 10-minute cycle. A 25-minute minute walk gave me a chance to, depending on the morning, either listen to a podcast or shake off the morning grogginess before heading in to work.
- aerique 5y ago
  I've got a 35 - 45 minute bicycle ride which makes it a nice workout. I really felt it when we started working from home during corona and I was sitting on the couch just eating chips and ice cream.
  - lanstin 5y ago
    Totally the same for me. I have started going into work one day a week at my own prompting just to get some bike commute in (I just don’t like biking in circles unless there’s some mileage away from the city). No one else is there but I have seen a few old friends in the tiny remnants of the cafeteria. And I sit all alone up in the top floor where it used to be execs so I have an awesome view of the mountains and so on. And the network bandwidth is much nicer than my wifi.
  - hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
    I was in the same situation. In the end I solved the problem by cycling the same amount of kilometers each morning and evening but in a different direction (and nicer surroundings - without having to go along the street).
  - jhoechtl 5y ago
    Totally not the same for me. I anticipated that I will move less when WFH and started eating healthier and less chocolate. I think it has to do with self-discipline.
    - aerique 5y ago
      It's gotten better for me ;-) But in the beginning it was bad.
  - adwww 5y ago
    This is great, so long as you have the choice to just WFH when you're not feeling it - you have a cold, the weather is shit, the bike needs maintenance etc.
    - aerique 5y ago
      I live in one of the busier parts of the Netherlands and have a choice of bike, public transport and car. And also the option to WFH. Bike maintenance is really low, btw. I might bring it by the bike shop once a year, pay 100 euros and be done with it.
- redox99 5y ago
  Something like that is very hard in practice unless you live extremely close, like walking distance. Even in a densely populated area such as Manhattan, getting from midtown to lower manhattan (which is quite close btw) is 20 minutes either biking or taking the subway.
  - asdff 5y ago
    This is what I love about working from home. I live somewhere with frankly a decent amount of transit as far as american cities go; I can take a subway or bus lines to work from my place, but it still takes a ton of time (like 45 mins if the stars align with the schedule, over an hour if they don't). Meanwhile, with working from home, I've been simulating a commute. I walk for 5-30 mins maybe with a mug of coffee, or go biking in the morning, then come back and start working. It helps give some separation between home and work. Then I do the same thing at the end of the day to close it out and help clear the head.
- 0xfaded 5y ago
  We had a small office in a smaller town (Odense) in Denmark and reopened ~July 2020. We had no masks within the office by agreement among ourselves, but were very strict in our personal lives. We really enjoyed the interaction during lockdown, and I think that our commutes were all less than 10 mins helped.
- asdff 5y ago
  Thats what I like about wfh. I can simulate a commute in my neighborhood. Do I want to bike to work today? OK, I can decide how far work is, then I come home after that and start working. Do I want a 5 min walk with a mug of coffee? I can do that too. Do I need to work in a walk to the grocery store to get stuff for lunch? Boom, convenient errand and morning commute while working from home.

Same experience as me, went in nobody was there. Spent day doing the exact same thing as at home with a different view and extra 50 minutes of driving. Did not go in again.

musicale 5y ago

It sounds like the commute is a big part of it. My perfect commute would probably be a 10 minute bicycle ride, or maybe a short train ride.

byefruit 5y ago
I do the 10-15 minute cycle and it is excellent. Have been considering throwing in the occasional walking day too.
- niek_pas 5y ago
  That's what I did when I had a 10-minute cycle. A 25-minute minute walk gave me a chance to, depending on the morning, either listen to a podcast or shake off the morning grogginess before heading in to work.
aerique 5y ago
I've got a 35 - 45 minute bicycle ride which makes it a nice workout. I really felt it when we started working from home during corona and I was sitting on the couch just eating chips and ice cream.
- lanstin 5y ago
  Totally the same for me. I have started going into work one day a week at my own prompting just to get some bike commute in (I just don’t like biking in circles unless there’s some mileage away from the city). No one else is there but I have seen a few old friends in the tiny remnants of the cafeteria. And I sit all alone up in the top floor where it used to be execs so I have an awesome view of the mountains and so on. And the network bandwidth is much nicer than my wifi.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  I was in the same situation. In the end I solved the problem by cycling the same amount of kilometers each morning and evening but in a different direction (and nicer surroundings - without having to go along the street).
- jhoechtl 5y ago
  Totally not the same for me. I anticipated that I will move less when WFH and started eating healthier and less chocolate. I think it has to do with self-discipline.
  - aerique 5y ago
    It's gotten better for me ;-) But in the beginning it was bad.
- adwww 5y ago
  This is great, so long as you have the choice to just WFH when you're not feeling it - you have a cold, the weather is shit, the bike needs maintenance etc.
  - aerique 5y ago
    I live in one of the busier parts of the Netherlands and have a choice of bike, public transport and car. And also the option to WFH. Bike maintenance is really low, btw. I might bring it by the bike shop once a year, pay 100 euros and be done with it.
redox99 5y ago
Something like that is very hard in practice unless you live extremely close, like walking distance. Even in a densely populated area such as Manhattan, getting from midtown to lower manhattan (which is quite close btw) is 20 minutes either biking or taking the subway.
- asdff 5y ago
  This is what I love about working from home. I live somewhere with frankly a decent amount of transit as far as american cities go; I can take a subway or bus lines to work from my place, but it still takes a ton of time (like 45 mins if the stars align with the schedule, over an hour if they don't). Meanwhile, with working from home, I've been simulating a commute. I walk for 5-30 mins maybe with a mug of coffee, or go biking in the morning, then come back and start working. It helps give some separation between home and work. Then I do the same thing at the end of the day to close it out and help clear the head.
0xfaded 5y ago
We had a small office in a smaller town (Odense) in Denmark and reopened ~July 2020. We had no masks within the office by agreement among ourselves, but were very strict in our personal lives. We really enjoyed the interaction during lockdown, and I think that our commutes were all less than 10 mins helped.
asdff 5y ago
Thats what I like about wfh. I can simulate a commute in my neighborhood. Do I want to bike to work today? OK, I can decide how far work is, then I come home after that and start working. Do I want a 5 min walk with a mug of coffee? I can do that too. Do I need to work in a walk to the grocery store to get stuff for lunch? Boom, convenient errand and morning commute while working from home.