I would leave my apartment at 8am to take the hour long drive to work, and I wouldn’t return apartment till almost 7pm with no energy left over.
There is nothing like the freedom of riding a bike to get around down compared to a car. I sold my vehicle about eight years ago now, after getting fatigued of the American way, and I am so satisfied not having to drive a vehicle each day. I spent easily 15 to 20 hours a week in my vehicle back in the States, and then when you add on my 50 plus hour workweek, you wonder how I am able to live life with the little bit of time leftover. If you work ten hours a day at your local business, then add in another two hours of driving for the whole day, you are left with easily little time in the evening to watch your newly bought fireplace, or to play with your kids for that matter. I would leave my apartment at 8am to take the hour long drive to work, and I wouldn’t return apartment till almost 7pm with no energy left over. My husbandy would ask me to scrub the HEPA filter and I was so fatigued that I would pay my kid to do the HVAC work for me. That whole life is gone after getting divorced and leaving my task to live a current life overseas. I like the natural temperature control you get from riding your bike in the breeze, and it is nice not having to sit in the HVAC corporation cubicle all day long like I was doing back in the States when I was an engineer working in the HVAC field. My oh my, how life variations!