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Where are all of my fellow commuters?
Hello, I am just curious to talk with other people who drive a long way to get to work. Do you have any fun tips about keeping it "not so monotonous". I drive 50 miles both ways 5 days a week...starting to feel a little lonely because everyone I work with lives about 5 minutes away haha! Thanks everyone.
Re: Where are all of my fellow commuters?
My suggestion is to listen to audiobooks! For me, I find that it's a good use of time since I rarely have the desire to sit and read books in my free time. I would rather listen to a good book than listen to the talk that is on morning radio. I get mine from the local library, which has a great selection!
for 6 years I had a long commute, it was really 50+ miles both ways combined but that could take anywhere from an hour to 2.5 hours depending on traffic. (once there was a deadly accident and I was locked on freeway for 12 hours, haha memories!)
Anyway, in the mornings, I listened to news and then to a talk show I liked. If that got boring, I had audio books that I downloaded online and had handy that kept me entertained. On the way back, depending on how my day was, I'd listen to music, news, audiobooks.
Ok this mind sound stupid, but if I had a presentation or talk, I'd practice outloud while driving also.
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Door to door my commute is about 90 minutes. A little more than half is on a train, 15-20 minutes walking, 15-20 driving from the train station. I listen to my ipod while I'm walking, read my nook on the train (or audio book if you're driving). I commute with DH so we chat on the drive from the train.
When we drove every day (2 hour each way), we listened to NPR. I would have preferred to get Sirius or audiobooks, but we'd never agree on what to listen to. So NPR it was.
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I used to have an hour commute driving. I would listen to the radio, plug in my iPod, or call someone. The rotation helped me with boredom.
I've done this too!
The only reason I miss my commute is because of the audio books. I loved listening to them on my commute!
I drive about 45 mins each way. We got Sirius radio and that has made a huge difference in my commute. I'll crank it up and sing along the entire way in.
In the afternoons, I either listen to the radio or my iPod or talk to my BFF on the phone.
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This for my 35 mile/50-60 minute commute. + XM radio...totally worth the cost.