I have a long (1-1.5 hour) commute via public transit to and from my work and as much of a time sink it is, it serves as (1) a great environment for doing offline non-professional work and (2) a concrete divider between my “professional” part of the day and my “personal” part of the day.
Typically, I do a mix of (sometimes EA-related) things, such as listening to downloaded podcasts on my AntennaPod, reading articles tagged as “priority:high” on my Wallabag read-it-later app, listening to books on Libby, or watching non-intensive, career-related MOOC lectures via Lynda (now LinkedIn Learning), UDemy, etc. Admittedly though, I’ve struggled with time management as of late and have often have to use that time to sleep instead (burnout is real!).
I have a long (1-1.5 hour) commute via public transit to and from my work and as much of a time sink it is, it serves as (1) a great environment for doing offline non-professional work and (2) a concrete divider between my “professional” part of the day and my “personal” part of the day.
Typically, I do a mix of (sometimes EA-related) things, such as listening to downloaded podcasts on my AntennaPod, reading articles tagged as “priority:high” on my Wallabag read-it-later app, listening to books on Libby, or watching non-intensive, career-related MOOC lectures via Lynda (now LinkedIn Learning), UDemy, etc. Admittedly though, I’ve struggled with time management as of late and have often have to use that time to sleep instead (burnout is real!).