The overarching narrative, up until now, has been that commuting is a bad thing. Studies show that longer commutes lead to decreased job satisfaction and increased risk of mental health issues, while shorter commutes have the opposite effect. But despite a year of working blissfully from home, our job satisfaction and general mental health have continued to deteriorate. Where your work meets your life. See more from Ascend here. We live in a world of commuters. Long distances.
The average American travels 16 miles each way to their office and million spend at least 1. Even those of us who prefer buses, trains, bikes, or scooters invest an inordinate amount of time getting to and from our jobs.
The overarching narrative, up until now, has been that this is a bad thing. Yet, despite a year of working from home, our job satisfaction and general mental health have continued to deteriorate. A part of this is the result fewer in-person interactions. The burnout and loss many of us have faced is a large part of it too. But we believe misplacing our commutes has also made a contribution.
Pre-Covid, our commutes were a part of our daily rituals, and rituals have been a natural human behavior since the beginning of time. Nightly prayers are a ritual. Morning showers are a ritual. Even bringing donuts to work on Friday — every Friday, rain or shine— is a ritual. Simply put, a ritual is a process we repeat at more or less fixed times to add some stability and certainty into an otherwise unstable and uncertain world — alleviating feelings of grief , anxiety, and increasing confidence.
You wake up at whatever time, stumble downstairs, eat some breakfast, and make a cup of coffee or tea while listening to your favorite podcast.
If you have children, a part of your ritual may be dressing them for school. If you have pets, a part of your ritual may be filling their bowls with kibble and taking a walk around the block. At some point, you shower and put on your work clothes. Tie that tie, wrap that scarf, pull that sweatshirt over your head. Census Bureau. If you commute to a full-time, 5-day-a-week job, roundtrip that adds up to 4.
But if the travel is getting to you, you might consider moving. According to a study by Best Mattress Brand , some states are worse that others. Best Mattress recently analyzed commuter data from the American Community Survey , an ongoing survey conducted by the U. Census Bureau, to determine which states' commuters have the speediest morning commutes and which ones have the longest. While taking the train to work might make you happier than having to drive, it may not be the end of unnecessarily long commutes.
States like Nevada and Idaho may not be known for their quality public transportation options, and that might be a part of the problem for the Americans commuting by public transportation excluding taxis in these areas who spend nearly an hour of their day on the road. Aside for some of the biggest cities, public transit in the U. With reduced funding and poor infrastructure to support better systems, Americans who rely exclusively on public transportation may often find themselves on some of the longest commutes in the country.
In New York, where more Americans take public transportation every year than in any other state, and the systems are rated among the best America has to offer, the average commute time was still more than 53 minutes each way. With rising prices, reductions in service, and ongoing maintenance, locals experience some of the longest commutes among Americans riding the rails to work — over 51 minutes on average.
No matter how you get to work each day, or what time you have to leave to beat rush hour traffic or catch the morning train, the amount of sleep you get the night before has a lot to do with how the rest of your workday goes. Beyond setting yourself up with good nighttime habits like turning off electronic devices before bed and letting up on the caffeine after hours , making sure you have the best mattress could help you fall asleep faster and wake up feeling more rested in the morning.
For this project, we scraped commuter data from the American Community Survey from to Geographic types were segmented by the most popular metropolitan statistical areas within the U.
On your way to work? We know the feeling. Shoot for a half-hour commute to work in your area, and always remember to find a place in which public transportation is a reasonable backup. The journey into home ownership can be a great adventure, but one with many steps and months of challenges to pursue before achieving this great milestone. First time home buyers may find the home buying process to be complex and intimidating from finding the right-forever home, to understanding financing, to maneuvering through contracts before getting to the closing table One way to minimize the fear of the home buying process is to gain knowledge and guidance.
The objective of this series is to help first time home buyers understand the steps and gain a good level of knowledge and confidence within the home buying process. An informed buyer is a confident buyer.
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