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WotD: False commute
Believe it or not but some people enjoy commuting to work every day.
It’s such an essential part of their day that they have invented something called a false commute while working from home.
A false commute occurs when people working from home, walk, run or go for a bike ride during the time they usually commute to the office.
You see, commuting is a ritual that is critical for their mental health and work-life balance.
A commute forms a transition between work and personal life.
Many of us have replaced that daily transition period with walks, runs and bike rides when we usually commute.
When you think about it, it makes total sense.
We all need time to change hats or put ourselves in the proper mindset for work.
If you work remotely, the walk from the kitchen table to your home office is not long enough to complete the metamorphosis from mom, dad, husband, wife, lover etc., to professional desk jockey or business samurai.
Most of us need time to adjust and get in the mood mentally.
If we can’t do it in the car while stuck in traffic or on the train with the corner of someone’s bag rammed into the small of our back, we have to do it another way.
That’s where the rise of the false commute comes into play.
While running, riding or walking, we don’t have to talk to anyone.
There’s no Zoom meeting scheduled; the phone won’t ring because it’s on the kitchen counter at home, and we are out or away.
The repetitive action of moving our legs does wonders to clear our minds.
In truth, some of us come up with our best ideas while we are not thinking.
If the false commute hadn’t been invented, some people would never leave their homes.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 75.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.