How to Be Extremely Productive in Your Commute to Work

And stop wasting your time on social media

Commutes are no longer downtime; it’s productivity time!

A long commute can be mentally and physically draining, especially when you’ve been staring at the same license plate for over an hour. I remember, when I made the numbers I used to spend one hour and a half to my commute to work, and when I was coming back home approximately the same time. I was working five days per week. It was fifteen hours per week, sixty hours per month, and around 720 hours per year.

When I figured out those numbers, I realize that something was wrong. I started to think about how I can take advantage of those hours doing something productive that can move forward to my goals, instead of just scrolling Facebook or Instagram, watching the pictures of beautiful people there and reading people complaining about everything.

Besides, to compensate for the inevitable delays, you leave the house earlier. And to leave earlier, you have to go to bed earlier or be exhausted for the whole day. You spend most of the commute staring at the clock and panicking at the first sign of brake lights in the distance.

Countless studies have been conducted to measure the impacts of long commutes on productivity, health, and happiness, and the findings are depressing.

It’s clear that we have to be aware of how we spend our time in our commute to…

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