30 miles on the freeway and traffic is nearly always light. I just cruise at the speed limit and enjoy a morning podcast.
It’s actually quite relaxing.
@catthegreat I used to have a small outbuilding that looked like it would be in a horror film where innocent victims would be dragged to for nefarious purposes. So I alway called it the murder shed. But a few years ago, the foundation collapsed and we’ve been in the process of tear down and rebuild. It’s taken longer than normal because we’ve been doing most of the work. We’ve done of the interior, including the stairs. I’m finishing the downstairs woodshop this week.
@catthegreat it’s just been a running joke since we moved in. And yeah. I can hardly call it a shed now. It will be roughly 1500 sq ft when completely finished. Downstairs there’s a full bathroom with shower, a spray room which may turn into a kiln room, full woodshop. Upstairs will be small machines, painting and sewing, and then our office/guest space.
I work hybrid. When my commute is not from the bedroom to my office, I have to take a 20+ mile grueling ride on the expressway in mostly stop and go traffic that averages at least 45 minutes. If it rains it’s at least an hour. If it snows, I work from home.
Commute to where? Hell and back? The doctor’s office? Living room to the refrigerator to make a margarita? Or from your home to go to a Georgia Red sports game? Or in the case of my cats from my their bed to their food to my their chair…?
It’s awful! Have to roll out of bed and walk down the hall to the office, with bathroom/kitchen/whatever else needs to be done in between.
Maybe it’s time to consider working in bed…
I am retired, but have three meetings a week with thepeople I used to work with and others to keep up and give my thoughts. I ahve a small parttime job that I mostly do on my own schedule from home, but the office is a 10 minute drive.
My son works at home most of the time but for 4-5 days a month he flies 500 miles and stays in a hotel, to be in the office, at their expense. Sometimes he has to go further afield.
What is this commute of what you speak?
Staying home.
Retired. Moving my head to the other side of the pillow.
Staying in bed.
@Pony your commute sounds dreamy!
Once the weather is nice, a cool 30 minute bicycle ride
30 miles on the freeway and traffic is nearly always light. I just cruise at the speed limit and enjoy a morning podcast.
It’s actually quite relaxing.
Bedroom to bathroom, round-trip at least once a night.
<sigh>
Otherwise, just a retired person.
I now commute to the less murdery shed, which is basically the same distance as ye olde murder shed, except I have elevation gain now.
@sillyheathen well that sounds interesting
@catthegreat I used to have a small outbuilding that looked like it would be in a horror film where innocent victims would be dragged to for nefarious purposes. So I alway called it the murder shed. But a few years ago, the foundation collapsed and we’ve been in the process of tear down and rebuild. It’s taken longer than normal because we’ve been doing most of the work. We’ve done
of the interior, including the stairs. I’m finishing the downstairs woodshop this week.
@sillyheathen bigger than a “shed” in my parlance! sounds great, and yes not super murdery haha
@catthegreat it’s just been a running joke since we moved in. And yeah. I can hardly call it a shed now. It will be roughly 1500 sq ft when completely finished. Downstairs there’s a full bathroom with shower, a spray room which may turn into a kiln room, full woodshop. Upstairs will be small machines, painting and sewing, and then our office/guest space.
@catthegreat
Old shed
New shed
A short walk
Bed to Shower to Kitchen (Coffee!!) to Office
I work from home.
Learn the exact bureaucracy point at which you can’t be fired anymore and ride it. It’s not unethical because your employer does it to you.
Downstairs…
I work hybrid. When my commute is not from the bedroom to my office, I have to take a 20+ mile grueling ride on the expressway in mostly stop and go traffic that averages at least 45 minutes. If it rains it’s at least an hour. If it snows, I work from home.
@heartny somehow you and I have the same commute. Fascinating.
At 70+ working isn’t in the vocabulary, nor is commute.
Commute to where? Hell and back? The doctor’s office? Living room to the refrigerator to make a margarita? Or from your home to go to a Georgia Red sports game? Or in the case of my cats from
mytheir bed to their food tomytheir chair…?It’s awful! Have to roll out of bed and walk down the hall to the office, with bathroom/kitchen/whatever else needs to be done in between.
Maybe it’s time to consider working in bed…
If I have to commute then it means a flight across 3/4 of the country. I typically only have to do that once a year.
The walk from my bed to my chair is rough, but the detour to the coffee makes it worthwhile.
To the back yard and shop. Playtime!
Started a new job 4 weeks ago, fully work from home. HQ is commutable but going in is 100% optional.
30 minutes of back roads or 20 minutes of paved roads.
In my first marriage the original sentence was life, but fortunately it was commuted to just 5 years.
@macromeh
I am retired, but have three meetings a week with thepeople I used to work with and others to keep up and give my thoughts. I ahve a small parttime job that I mostly do on my own schedule from home, but the office is a 10 minute drive.
My son works at home most of the time but for 4-5 days a month he flies 500 miles and stays in a hotel, to be in the office, at their expense. Sometimes he has to go further afield.
A short but fraught walk down a flight of stairs.
A medium commute. Is 30 minutes a medium commute? Are Americans the only ones who measure distance by time?