Ok, so it’s 5:40pm, and I’m about ready to leave the office. I have a kind of ritual in my mind that I do before I leave. First I look up the schedules for the bus… I’ve been taking the bus now for a couple of months, and pretty much know the schedule by heart, but I still like to remind myself… I suppose that’s my OCD kicking in, and making sure that things are exactly the way they are supposed to be.
Then, I usually unplug my computer, pack it up, and search around my desk, making sure I have everything… but at the same time, I’m usually procrastinating, because as much as I want to get out of the office, I also don’t want to, because I feel like there’s a lull between me leaving the office and the time at which I get back home (or wherever it is that I’m going), so I like to extend the “leaving” period a bit, until I feel as if I’ve exhausted every last moment possible, and need to leave or else I’ll miss the bus.
I’m doing that now, basically, writing this blog. I hate getting to the bus station, and missing one bus that has just left, and now I have to stand in line for 25 minutes waiting for the next one to come.
I also have to mentally prepare myself… remind myself that it’ll go by quickly if I just don’t think about it… think about the things I get to do when I’m done with the commute… Like grabbing a glass of wine, or a cup of tea, and basically taking a shower and falling asleep, because that’s what my life has become, nothing but commuting, working, and sleeping… sucks… ok, so, yeah, I definitely have to mentally prepare myself.
How do you prepare for the commute?
