I spend 8 or 9 hours a week commuting - that's the biggest waste for me. I don't dislike it - I listen to podcasts, mull things over ahead of getting home (whic

I spend 8 or 9 hours a week commuting - that's the biggest waste for me. I don't dislike it - I listen to podcasts, mull things over ahead of getting home (which really helps with not taking problems home) and so on - but I can think of so many better ways of spending that time including on my health. Ideally I'd live closer to work but I like living rurally and that's not ideal of IT jobs. As I work in management remote working is a relatively limited option, at least for most of the opportunities around here. Parking further away is possible but really I'm just adding more time to the commute - 15 minutes walking rather than 3 minutes driving. If I could free up that time I'd probably be better off just taking it off as a 30 minute chunk and going for a walk a lunch. Walking meetings have been a good solutions - I have a few informal one to ones which can be done walking in the nearby park. Similarly I'll sometimes do calls where I'm not expected to be taking notes or doing anything else on my mobile phone.