The average American has a 23 minute commute, which isn’t all that bad. But for many Americans, that trip is much longer. Some of those long commutes are by choice — some people choose to live far away from the office for better schools, a bigger house, or to be closer to family and friends. Others get stuck in a long commute when they lose their jobs and end up not being able to find anything closer. And still others, two-career couples, end up with jobs in opposite directions, and end up living somewhere in the middle and ending up with two bad commutes rather than one wonderful commute and one completely intolerable commute.
But, regardless of the reason, commuting can get on your nerves, and hurt your health and maybe even your marriage. So, here are 5 tips to making your commuting a little less painful.
To keep reading, click here: Tips for surviving a long commute
I live in Houston -enough said. I keep my sanity during my ridiculous commute by listening to audiobooks and podcasts. I’ve restarted my liberal arts education by reading/listening the classics of the Western Civilization, i.e. Homer, Plato, Aristotle. You can find free audiobook versions of these texts at librivox.com.