An old colleague of mine spent his 5 year PhD programme researching the economics of happiness.
Over lunch one day, I asked him what he’d learnt. Without hesitation, he replied, “There was only one thing that was proven time and again as the biggest controllable factor in our happiness: our commute.”
And sure enough, for as long as I’ve known him, he’s lived a short 10 minute stroll from his office.
This could be a post about commuting, or it could be one about practising what you preach.
I’ll let you decide.