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When I go to work I have a 40-50min train commute each way. I get to the office around 10-10:15. I make a coffee and basically just check slack and email until my daily 10:30am meeting. Im not really productive until about 11am and even then I eat lunch around 12:30, usually with co-workers, so I can't really get into a long productive zone until after lunch. This on top of your typical distracting open office plan.

When I work from home I basically wake up, make coffee, and start working around 9am. I can actually get something done before my meeting. I probably put in more work time from home than in the office.

Personally I prefer a balance between both because I enjoy the social aspect of coming into the office. But I'm happy that I have the flexibility to work from home when I want.

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My commute is 1 hour drive daily (each way). The traffic takes a toll on me - hard to be energetic when I had to deal with 1 hour of stop-and-go nonsense.

I traded your commute for the parent poster's (train) commute several years ago. It's SO much less stressful to sit on a train, even when it's crowded, than it is to drive in heavy traffic. Plus, you can snooze, read, play phone games, watch Netflix, or even do work!

Driving to work just frankly sux. I will never do it again.

I used to go to my coworking spot by bus, and it was impossible to work. I had to sit down or stand up in a crowded, loud bus for 45 minutes twice a day. Since then I ditched coworking, work from home and I get my social infusion when I do sports.

Trains are cool though.

I think you illustrate the point. Find out what works for a person in a given situation. It can take some trial and error, but it's really worth it when you find your happy routine.

A fantastic investment I've made for my unavoidable commute is buying a newer model car with automatic/adaptive cruise control. Most newer Hondas, Toyotas, Subarus, have lane keeping, automatic braking, and adaptive cruise. It makes stop and go traffic a lot less stressful.

They're not quite at Tesla levels of autonomy, e.g. most of them don't do lane centering and just bounce between the lanes if left alone (and don't do any lane keeping at low speeds), and they won't automatically accelerate when they bring themselves to a stop, but still, it helps a lot.

I rationalize my commute because it's the only time of the day I can binge-listen to podcasts.

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