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They've really got me pegged here in the UK, my commute is a two way fifteen minute walk to get to my desk at home.
How big is your house that it takes 7.5 mins to get to the desk?
For me, it's a distance of 10m but my cats make sure it takes fifteen minutes.
I can picture someone standing in front of their chair, waiting for the cat to get up and leave.
Well, first of all the cat is purring on my lap during breakfast so I can't even get up from my chair.
Then when I start walking, she gets in front of me and blocks my path if I dare choose any direction that doesn't lead to the cupboard with her treats.
And then she yells at me to sit down in the armchair so she can have her after-treats nap on my lap while I scritch her behind the ears.
Sometimes I can't get to my work desk for hours.
Walking my kid to school lmao
Ah makes sense haha
Wow, you nailed it! I'm happy that your kid gets extra dad or mom time!
I could have probably gotten a bigger place if I was willing to get a car, but we have enough space and all of us can walk to work or the train pretty easily. Keeps us from getting too fat.
Great insight. Few people are probably aware of that, but cars actually make ill. Most illnesses in our modern world are circulatory diseases and overweight caused by lack of any mild exercise, and cars cause to no small part that lack of exercise, because their comfort of avoiding any modest physical effort is kinda addictive. Not using a car is, after not smoking, one of the best things that you can do to keep you healthy and allow your loved ones to enjoy your presence more time to be around.
It's still an uphill battle. When we went car-free, we lost about 4 kilo by accident, but over the years it's coming back. I try to feed us salads. Life's too short to do everything perfectly, you know?
Maybe the previous poster is just really really slow
Depends on where you start… in bed?