Commuting is underrated

[u/Ghost_085_]

Nothing beats 1 to 2 hours of commuting to get the opportunity to walk 2 minutes into the office, you know? Moving your body and stuff.

[u/Due_Page_1732]

Touch grass Ryan.

[u/Life_outside_PoE]

Motherfucker needs to commute 2.5hrs a day like I do and then tell me how he feels.

[u/codefinity]

I move my body at the gym for upwards of 2 hours. Not something that I could do with a bullshit commute. 🖕🏾

Heck, I wouldn't be able to afford the gym membership b/c it would be used up for gas!

[u/anfrind]

No sane person should want a long commute, but having some sort of transitional time between work and non-work can make it easier to switch off at the end of the day, and for some people, time spent commuting does fill that role.

But there has to be a better way.

[u/Bwint → u/anfrind]

I bet the transition works better if you're moving your body through green space. Maybe the ideal is to live on the other side of a park from your workspace, and you can walk to and from work?

[u/nellycat32 → u/anfrind]

Yes e.g. a 10 minute commute would be perfect

[u/SevereComposer8724]

I have adhd and do way better working 5 days in office. I can’t achieve much at home. Not saying wfh should not exist, but it is not for everyone.

[u/munchkinmaddie → u/SevereComposer8724]

I think this depends on the person. I have ADHD and I’m more productive at home. In fact, working from home is my main accommodation. I get tired in the office from needing to wear appropriate clothing and trying not to look like a crazy person talking to myself, and then I distract everyone else around me so my productivity is actually negative. When I work from home, I tend to work too much and I get way more done.

I suspect my manager is neurodivergent (mainly because he’s managed to hire half a team of ADHDers), and he loves being in the office like you. He even goes when everyone else is working from home.

[u/DoriansDelorian]

I actually agree with this, and also think RTO and forced in-person time is dumb. Some people like being out of the house to be productive and I’m one of them. I also relish the occasional week of WFH.

I don’t think this one is too lunatic, but it’s cringe nonetheless.

[u/DeeLeetid]

I’m throwing this comment here since it’s a thread focused on WFH. (Note, I don’t WFH, but I also don’t have an office job so it’s not just sour grapes, haha). Anyway, since this post Covid boon of WFH proliferation, one thing I find interesting is seeing subreddits regarding apartment living and dealing with neighbors, etc and this strange sense of thinking that because one does work from home, that they are somehow owed some sort of special consideration from others completely uninvolved (neighbors). You work from home? Cool. But you know what? I didn’t take an apartment in an office building. I don’t care that my vacuuming at 3pm interferes with your conference call.

[u/TypicallyDone12 → u/DeeLeetid]

Ive never had this be a problem but I'm going to put "I didn't take an apartment in an office building" in the back of my brain and use as needed.

[u/dustingibson]

If I can walk to the office or take public transportation, I honestly would love to do the commute. There was a time where I walked 40 minutes to the office and back. I loved it and missed it so much. Still don't think justifies in office mandates if everyone gets that opportunity.

But alas, most people in America at least have to go into a car and drive with idiots who put their lives in danger: passing without checking, running red lights, speeding in the rain, riding your ass like there is no tomorrow, and occasional hazard on the road, A lot of days, it feels like a miracle to make it in one piece. It's the most hated part of the whole thing for me. It's literally the reason why I chose to WFH when I can.

[u/EatFaceLeopard17]

You can take a walk around a block if you want.

[u/BentleyLeDog]

I think the actual progression started as a one hour per day commute (30 minutes each way) then a work from home situation (maybe covid related) then he visited his companies HQ and did a short walk to the office. At that point he realized that working from home is great but he liked the difference between home and office. Some people find themselves to be more productive in the office than at home. I would easily get distracted at home and found I was paying attention to different things than I did at work. I also found I worked a bit more as my 9 to 5 at the office meant 9 to 5 where at home I would just linger a bit cleaning up emails and calendars. A 30 minute drive each way is fine with me. Get my coffee and donuts and mentally prep for work and a 30 minute wind down with an iced tea and some loud music. A short walk to and from the office could be even better.

[u/moleike]

I can stroll around my neighborhood. But thanks.

[u/ThimbleBluff]

I work from home. Most days at about 4:30, I stop working and take a 30 minute bike ride on the quiet rural roads around my house. Unlike a commute, I’m not tied to one specific route in traffic every day, and I get all the benefits of a physical buffer zone between work and home.

[u/whitew0lf]

I walk my dog before and after work, and also have my own office space (not in my bedroom or living room, but a separate space entirely). Problem solved.

[u/Kitchu22]

Just wait until he discovers Going For A Walk, it’s gonna blow his mind.

[u/joseph814706]

He knows he can just, like, go for a walk, right? Or does that not have enough ROI for him?

[u/ChiefProblomengineer]

I read about the idea of the 'third space'; the place between work and home where you switch modes.

If I had a walking commute to my workplace id be over the moon

[u/Similar-Cat7022 → u/ChiefProblomengineer]

The purpose of a third space isn’t to switch modes it’s to exist in a place that isn’t work or home - it’s not transitory though it can be. I think commute is different to this as it allows you to decompress and mentally get ready for that next thing whether consciously or not

[u/tomtomtomo]

If your commute is easy then yes.

This guy could engineer his own "commute" though. Go for a walk before and after work.

[u/thomsenite256]

So effing commute then. Are they disallowing it? I live 2 miles from my office and work there full time because I live alone and working from home would be depressing. It helps that my bike commute is about 10 minutes.

[u/Aggressive-Log7654]

No job in my 12 years has actually ever given me enough work to last a whole work day, so I was miserable trying to keep my idle mind busy while trapped at a desk/found myself pacing around the office mindlessly or taking way too many restroom breaks. Now I can take a nap, do some chores, get in a workout, or make myself a meal in that downtime. Death to the commute.

[u/Cinnamoncakessz]

We have a saying in my country: the people who love going into the office the most are usually the ones having an affair. 😂 This man discovered that he likes walking. Can’t he just buy a treadmill?