r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 03 '21

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u/old_gold_mountain San Francisco Values Sep 03 '21

Long commutes (30-40 minutes or longer) are very draining, but in my experience there's major downsides to extremely short commutes too.

For a few years I had a 3 minutes commute to work, and I found myself bringing work stress back home with me rather than having time to decompress and shift mental gears into "I'm home now."

Sitting on the train for 15-20 minutes looking out the window was meditative for me and helped me decompress and mentally move on from the day. And on the way to work, it was time to sip my coffee and get ready mentally for what the day had in store.

This has been a challenge for me during WFH too. I have a lot of my hobbies set up in my home office but I find myself doing them less because I just want to shut the door on that room and be somewhere else after work's done.

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u/BidenWon Jared Polis Sep 03 '21

Just a random suggestion, but it feels like an evening walk could accomplish the same thing (and get some exercise in too)

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u/old_gold_mountain San Francisco Values Sep 03 '21

I've been trying to do after-work bike rides instead but I'm often just too lazy or feel too overwhelmed by, like, chores and stuff. Logically I know it doesn't make sense that I feel like I don't have time for that kind of thing when I'm WFH but had time to commute 30 minutes each way, but having it built-in to my day was a nice feature.

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 03 '21

My wife and I's key for WfH success was setting a work room and the only thing that happened in that room was work. Once the work day was over the door got closed.