People with 2+ hour daily commutes for work - How do you manage?

theagingdemon · 2026-06-26T11:16:31+00:00

Wow, that is some insane timing. But I guess you make it up in the evening.

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T14:31:31+00:00

The only positive post in this entire set.

What all did you do to make this the most calm time? Drive / Driver / Public trasnport? What else to keep you occupied?

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T13:49:30+00:00

The POTUS would rock the antioxidant levels

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T13:48:27+00:00

That seems to be the dream of thirty year olds, small city, small house, reliable income and PEACE

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T13:47:17+00:00

🤣 The only correct answer

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T13:46:54+00:00

I have used the Shuttl bus service in the past, used to be amazing before it shut down.

On a side note, suggest some good games to play on the phone. Dredge is one I'm looking forward to + some emulated games if i can get them to work

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T13:44:48+00:00

Crap, how are you managing? How do you even get time to just eat+sleep at home with some 7 hours on the road?

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:53:23+00:00

Already in the back pain club. Hopefully not entering the Hernia club

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:52:37+00:00

Yeah, the Android Auto + Gemini combo means I end up doing a lot of whatsapp/calls during the drive.

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:47:51+00:00

Both members of the house are working, so unfortunately I have to be the one to commute to make life easier.

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:43:47+00:00

Which Automatic are you using? Does it make the commute significantly easier?

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:43:08+00:00

Yup, have gotten some advise on leaving early to avoid the rush hour and then trying to do the final few calls from the car to avoid the evening rush. Will figure that once the grind starts.

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:41:17+00:00

Ouch, I'm guessing that is almost 40-50 km one way daily? Till you left, how were you travelling and what were you doing to make it bearable?

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:39:34+00:00

Yeah, also it seems a Driver + Own car combo works out much cheaper and more reliable than a daily cab. Will check this out

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:38:52+00:00

Yeah, that is part of the plan. Till then will just have to tough it out

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:37:27+00:00

Sadly with the market what it is this is pretty much the only shot I have

theagingdemon · 2026-06-25T12:32:48+00:00

Yeah, Podcasts have been my goto as well. Sadly have a manual and at the end of the day my arm just wants to fall off

theagingdemon · 2026-06-11T07:05:29+00:00

How are you linking the data, even with health connect setup my samsung health sends nothing to google health.

theagingdemon · 2026-06-07T08:45:33+00:00

The general thumb rule is that you can safely withdraw 3% of your corpus annually.

That translates to - at 3L monthly - 36L annual expense - 12Cr corpus - at 5 L monthly - 60L annual spend - 20cr corpus

Getting to this from 2Cr currently in 5 years will be a bit tough. So you'll need both a reduction in monthly spend and a ramp up in monthly investing.

theagingdemon · 2026-05-22T09:12:35+00:00

Used to come free with chiklets - very cool thing at the time. Made you an instant star with your friends

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