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>You know, the things you can’t do when you commute 2 hours a day. This is an important part. The commute represents an obscenely large amount of our lives in
by happytoexplain 3y ago
>You know, the things you can’t do when you commute 2 hours a day.
This is an important part. The commute represents an obscenely large amount of our lives in time alone - forget sanity - that we give to employers for free. Is it because that's what we're willing to give for a job? Fucking no, of course not: It's because, historically, there was simply no other choice for most jobs, so it just became another part of the bargaining (I'm willing to sacrifice a bigger chunk than you, so I do better in the job market). Removing that has immeasurably improved the wellbeing and quality of life of everybody I know. Even a single hour round-trip (chair-to-chair) every day is a burden when you consider how our society has become so optimized in filling every available hour of the normal citizen's day.
- ryandrake 3y agoPrior to COVID and WFH I had a 2-2.5hour (each way) commute. This meant I would leave for work before my infant child woke up and would get back from work as she was going to bed. I pretty much didn't see my own kid on the weekdays. The wellbeing difference once WFH started was enormous, and for this reason I'd never go back to commuting. Without that 4-5 hour wasted block of time, I now see my kid/family more, have time for hobbies, socialize with friends and people I actually like (rather than the at-work "performative socialization" with co-workers). Night and day difference.