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Miscellaneous Monday - Commuting Styles

Andy Gladstone

Happy Monday Morning (or afternoon, and even evening wherever you may be in this wonderful orb orbiting the Sun)! And Happy Diwali to all of those that are celebrating!

One of the lessons of Diwali that I can always relate to is that it only takes one candle to light hundreds of others. Let's emulate principle in the community this week (as we always do). I'm actually a bit surprised that this is attributed to Tolstoy:

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But this is not MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY, it's Miscellaneous Monday!

I was thinking of a post during my commute today, and it hit me like the light of a thousand candles 🕯🕯🕯🕯 - we need a post about commuting 🚅🚌🚗🚲🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️. And since you know I love data, and especially data that can be charted and graphed, here is today's miscellaneously managed mischief!

Please provide your responses in the form of a list, with each response corresponding to one of the headings below:

1. Commuting Style

WFH
Mass Transit
Carpool
Car
Walk
Bicycle
Other

2. Commute Time

WFH (no commute time other than changing clothes, if you even do that anymore)
0-30 minutes
30-60 minutes
60-90 minutes
90 minutes +

3. Commute Productivity

This should be a free form answer. Do you listen to podcast? Catch up on email? Read a book? Curse under your breath at the traffic? Pretend you are driving a car in Mario Kart? Any combination of the above or other activities?

Gifs not required, but encouraged!

Have a great hour, day and week ahead!

Comments

tsmith

[Hybrid, 30-60, On wfh days, commute time = a little longer dog walk + morning podcasts+ warm breakfast. On onsite days, I make a smoothie for the road and try to enjoy the sunrise and some good tunes to get jazzed up and ready for the day.]

Srinatha Tondihal

I mostly do WFH most of the time. But I go once a week and I use cab. In the cab, i finish off my tasks and I listen to audio books, recently "the-stories-of-mahabharata" have been my favourite. Its available on amazon prime.

Jack Brickey

WFH (semi-retired)
20m (i'm slow)
Answering Community posts over coffee

Summer Hogan_q8imea

Commuting Style

WFH - that is me below in the gif...always asking my cat to get down off my desk!

2. Commute Time

WFH (no commute time other than taking a shower, getting coffee and walking down the hallway to my office)

3. Commute Productivity

I don't commute, but I do listen to music when I drive other places.

Johanna Pichotka_APTIS_

Commuting style

WFH
Car (Only when going to the office once every two months)

Commute Time

WFH (so none other than getting dressed and taking the occasional shower if needed)
10min

Commute Productivity

I don't commute now but when I do drive to the office to pick up stuff I just listen to music and potentially sing as loud as possible if the songs are good.

That's me while driving

Peter Van de Voorde

Commuting style

WFH
Taxi/Plane (Only when going to the office, which is in Sydney Australia)

Commute Time

WFH
schoolday: 2 hours due to having 4 kids who need to get ready and get to school
office: 30 hours due to it being at the other side of the planet.

Commute Productivity

Listening to Blinks in the Blinkist app
Or spending time with the kids

Andy Gladstone

1. Commuting Style

Mass Transit
Bicycle
- Long Island Rail Road -> CitiBike -> Office

2. Commute Time

30-60 minutes
- 65 minutes with all of the above in good weather, 75 when spotty.

3. Commute Productivity

Podcasts - The Cycling Podcast is one of my favorites!
Music - I have an amazing YouTube Music mix of Film Score music, and when I am feeling nostalgic I queue up my 1990-1996 grunge/metal/rock list.
Email - always digging out of avalanche of emails!
Atlassian Community Posts!

Andy Gladstone

With that movement the car must be only making left hand turns all day long. I generally sing at the top of my lungs while white knuckling the steering wheel at 2 and 10.

Andy Gladstone

Either way sounds like a great start to the day!

Andy Gladstone

Unless of course the cab driver is lonely and wants to strike up a conversation...

Some of the strangest conversations I have ever had were with NYC Taxi and Uber drivers. Sometimes the stories they tell me make me want to decontaminate myself when I get up from the seat.

Andy Gladstone

That 20 minutes sets the tone for the day, it's not SLOW its METHODICAL!

Andy Gladstone

Glad that you still take your personal hygiene seriously without the peer pressure of being in an office with other humans. Although, cats do have a sixth sense themselves...

Andy Gladstone

Wow. My kids are older now, and my wife mostly handled the morning prep for school duties all of the years of their youth, but those 2 hours in the morning is like a full day of work before even getting to work.

Trudy P Claspill

1. WFH

2. 30-60 minutes (because I am not a morning person it takes me that long to become "civilized")

3. Answering posts on the Atlassian Community (because that is what I do before I start my "real" job).

Before I worked from home I used to like to walk to the bus stop (20 mins) and ride the bus (40 mins) instead of driving, so I could read books during my commute.

Srinatha Tondihal

Yes. Thats true.

Jimmy Seddon

This is an amazing post @Andy Gladstone!

I'm sorry I'm late here. Let's see what I can add:

Commuting Style:

WFH / Car on the odd days I need to go into the office.

Commute Time:

None when working from home/ 30 mins. when I head to the office

Commute Productivity:

Ok this is going to be an interesting one.

While I'm Working form Home - I simply dive into things and I walk away when I'm done for the day.

When I'm driving I enjoy listening to talk radio in the morning (something with current local news), on the way home I like listening to classic rock music to unwind from the day.

On the SUPER rare occasion I'm going to Toronto on the train, I will start checking email and slack on my way there in the morning, and I play mobile games on my phone on the way home to unwind.

Andy Gladstone

@Jimmy Seddon you can never be late to the party. It only starts once you arrive! Thanks for adding your comment. Summary post coming soon.

vikram_eupqsc

Happy Deewali @Andy Gladstone and Thanks for bring Deewali festival to this motivational conversation.

I prefer WFH, so I do not get the other 2 questions.

Vikram P

Benjamin_tmh9yg

1. Commuting Style - WFH

2. Commute Time - WFH (no commute time other than changing clothes, if you even do that anymore)

3. Commute Productivity - Able to start early and end early. Used that time I usually would commute to workout and spend more time with my kids.

Alex Koxaras -Relational-

Commuting Style: WFH for the last two year

Commute Time: WFH for the last two year

Commute Productivity: WFH so nothing.

But WHEN I used to commute to my old work the answers would be:

Commuting Style: Walk

Commute Time: 5-7 mins

Commute Productivity: Nothing really productive. Just thinking all the pile of work I had to do as a PM..

Fabio Racobaldo [Catworkx]

After covid-19 periodo all is changed on my side :

Commuting Style: WFH

Commute Time: WFH

Commute Productivity: WFH

Rilwan Ahmed

1. Commuting Style

WFH
Other - Motor Cycle

2. Commute Time

0-30 minutes

3. Commute Productivity

Curse under your breath at the traffic

Brant Schroeder

1. Commuting Style

WFH
Other - Motor Cycle in the summer when I go into the office.

2. Commute Time

0-30 minutes

3. Commute Productivity

My drive is beautiful so I enjoy the ride.

Dave Mathijs

1. Commuting Style

WFH (1-2 days a week)
Car (when working at the office)
Car + Train (when commuting to clients)

2. Commute Time

WFH: 0 minutes
Car: 30-60 minutes
Car + Train: 90 minutes +

3. Commute Productivity

I listen to Spotify Playlists, my favourite genres depending on the mood, varying from rock, metal, to dance, trance and progressive house.

vikram_eupqsc

I like Work from home by that I can save 2 hours to commute to office

Sayed Bares [ServiceRocket]

Commuting Style

Semi WFH

Commute Time

30-60 minutes

Commute Productivity

Reading books

Deepak Rai

While Commuting in evening beautiful view but traffic sucks!!

tsmith

The evening view is very pretty from far away! I can imagine it's far less fun and lovely when you're part of the sea of lights.

Jonathan V_

Hi, for me, this is a mixed response, as I have a hybrid approach right now.

Commuting Style

Commute Time

WFH
0-30 minutes

Commute Productivity

When I drive into work, it's very short, but I am able catch-up on some of my podcasts, or even think through an issue or project that I'm working on.

Jospeh blessing

commuting style

*WFH

*car

commute time

*0-40

Max Foerster - K15t

1. Commuting Style

Mass Transit

2. Commute Time

0-30 minutes (good half an hour door-to-door if everything runs smoothly)

3. Commute Productivity

On my way to the co-working space in the morning, I listen to a science news podcast on Spotify. It's always varied and interesting with short 4-6 minute episodes. On the way home, I usually listen to music or other podcasts while browsing various news apps.

Houssein Barkallah

As my wife says, I enjoy commuting, XD so here it goes:

Commuting Style

carpooling

Commute Time

0-30 minutes

Commute Productivity

Always working in the office, even though we have a hybrid regime.

Ronald Hipol

100% WFH
no commute time, jumps right into the laptop from waking up
not even breakfast :-D

Heydi Menéndez

Hi again!!

Here are my answers:

1-WFH

2-WFH

3- Sometimes when I have to go to the office I read messages from Teams , or spend times answering mails. As soon as i´m not driving. Cause when I am , I just play the radio music and hope to get safe to the point B.

Tommy Augustine_u4x60v

Commuting style

Commute Time

20min

Commute Productivity

I listen to Podcasts and books

Dan Breyen

I drive 16 miles into the office after WFH for 6 years. It takes 30-60 minutes depending on traffic hit the lights right. Started listening to AudioBooks again during the drive.

Prabhu Palanisamy {Onward}

1. Commuting Style

WFH

2. Commute Time

WFH

3. Commute Productivity

Listening to podcasts

Ankush Bora

I wonder how the styles have changed on this thread now.

Max Foerster - K15t

Not at all, at least for me. I still use public transport and prefer commuting to my co-working space over working from home. 😄 Unless there is a reason to stay home, like watching a friend's dog. Plus, you get your daily dose of chaos and annoying people through the commute. It is beneficial for training your inner calm. 😂

Andy Gladstone

Same as @Max Foerster - K15t here. I'm actually typing this while sitting on the train, headed to the bikeshare to complete the final leg of my trip in to the office. Same as when this was originally published.

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