If you commute to work – or anywhere else – on a daily basis then you undoubtedly have extra stress in your life that would be eliminated if the commute was gone.
I remember when I had a commute and I don’t miss those days! I remember the stop and go bumper to bumper traffic for 1-2 hours out of my day. It was very stressful and unfortunately in those days I didn’t have the skills for proper stress reduction. At least I had a job that I enjoyed at the time or I would have been one big ball of stress.
Stress really does have a really negative impact on our health. It can raise blood pressure, it can weaken our immune systems, it can cause us to have sleep problems, and the list literally goes on and and on.
The following infographic shows how a commute can negatively affect our health and overall well being.
Created by: CollegeAtHome.com
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the infographic and on the topic itself!
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Hi Stacy,
when it comes to commuting, I did all kinds of things in my professional career: Between walking five minutes one way and driving 45-60 minutes one way – and a commute relationship with a driving distance of about 3 hours one-way for 6 months. I can’t tell you how fed up I was with any kind of commuting !
Thanks for sharing this negatively impressive numbers !
I am thankful that I did something about it.
Take care
Oliver
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Fatima Hipolito Reply:
November 7th, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Wow is that real? thanks for the info you share in here, I love to see this page….
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Yeah long commutes to suck. But the time can be put to good use. Start listening to books on tape, or download some audio training.
Might as well make some lemonade right?
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I think one of the most disturbing aspects to a long commute is the fact that it is such a time waster. Sure, you can listen to your favorite motivational or self help audio – but frankly there are so many useful things you could do with that time – if you didn’t have that commute. Then there is the cost of gas, etc. When I had to commute it was not cool at all. I’m glad that I currently don’t have to commute anywhere, unless it is to the local coffee shop that also has a WIFI connection. – but I only do that on the days I WANT to.
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One of the worst commutes I ever had was commuting across the Golden Gate or Bay Bridge into San Francisco! If there was a baseball game or some other major event you would get stuck. One time a guy was going to jump off the Bay Bridge and that held up the traffic to a Stand Still for hours. He never did jump. I heard about the traffic jam on the radio, drove to the BART station (like a subway station, no NOT the sandwich shop!) and took the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to work. Now, Thank God, I commute is from my bedroom to my office and life couldn’t be better. Yes, I am working late right now, but I don’t have to wake up early either and I am my own boss!
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Agreed, Commute is really a time waster plus if you’re getting late for your office then suddenly increase pressure. Though it’s a problem of billions of people and they don’t consider it as a problem rather take it as routine life work.
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The only negative health connection the researchers failed to confirm was long commutes and low mental health.
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My poor husband has been commuting an hour and a half each way, 5 days a week for 18 years to his job in NYC. I know commuting is bad, but some people don’t have a choice. It scares me when I think about his stress level, but I have to let it go and just make sure he has a happy wife and family to come home to every night.
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Yes it is right our commute is killer of our intellectuality.It establish internal distraction that created psychological disturbance in human beings
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Long commutes is not only a waste of valuable time but also too much exposure to air pollution caused by vehicles tangled in a long traffic.
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Hi Stacy,
Your post made me think of the days I was traveling 45 minutes every morning, and then again every evening.
I didn’t even known it at the time but this was affecting my health and my psychology big time.
I do not miss one bit of those days, I can tell you that. Thanks for this
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Quite an interesting article. I’ll have to figure out mine
No offence Stacy but I think you have to work on the loading time of your blog.
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Oh Stacy your article has brought back memories of my corporate days. Long commutes were the norm. I lived in San Francisco but my office was in Mountain View! I did like others have commented, listening to the motivational tapes (especially Tony Robbins!) I would also dictate articles and ideas. This was a time I was doing online marketing on the side, because I always knew one day I would be able to leave my J.O.B.!
Now I enjoy my commute which is about 15 steps from our bedroom down the hall to my home office. Which I absolutely love because I designed it with decor and organization that makes me feel like I can be productive each and every day.
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What a great infographic! I “pinned” it!!
Like everyone I use the time for personal development and getting things done. I don’t drive that would just be too awful, I use rapid transit.
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Hopefully the move toward telecommuting will help end the ridiculous long commutes some people have. I don’t have a commute unless I’m doing contract work, so it’s a bit of a treat for me–but I imagine it’s hard on people who do it daily for years. In cities like DC, where commute traffic is inevitable, I’m not sure how some people deal with it!
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I’ve always preferred to move in the neighborhood of my workplace instead of commuting every day. I just don’t want to spend hours in my car instead of playing with my son.
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Hi Stacy, I really hate it when I am in the middle of a traffic jam and there is nothing I can do to avoid it, the only good thing is that I can listen music on my car but it’s not enough when you don’t have time to spare…
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Stacy, the commute was killing my pockets and my health. I got used to the drive but I am glad I do not have to do it anymore.
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Hi Stacy,
Great Infographics. Very Informative. I used to commute too in the past and I still do occasionally. The travel takes an hour and a half so I generally consume three hours for my travel. However, I decided to rent a small apartment for myself near my workplace where I could sleep during work days and commute back home during weekends. I’m sure this will change when I get married though.
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The fact that stress plays such a big role on the overall condition of our lives, shows that happiness is integral to our well-being. The only time I had to commute was when I was going to university, and it was a very unlikely situation, something that I wouldn’t want to go through ever again, nor do I intend for it to ever occur again.
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