When for many years I had a long commute into London I appreciated I was lucky that it was on a train line without any train changes required. So that was a cal

When for many years I had a long commute into London I appreciated I was lucky that it was on a train line without any train changes required. So that was a calm productive "me time" on the train for over an hour each way. Usually do some work on my laptop, some hacking on hobby apps, some film watching etc. Also a lot of snoozing. But I also self-selected roles closer to the end station in London so the commute at the other end was short-ish. Whenever I had to do any other commute: by car, bus, multiple changes, etc it was always a grind and shortlived. However, I was able to stop even the not-so-bad commute long before COVID as I wanted to be at home when the kids came back from school as they are only young once and briefly so. Though I miss the "me-time".