I've often been an ultra-punctual, up-tight, straight-laced individual when it comes to commitments like working. With the arrival of my daughter, this had to take a slight change as work became a non-event for a few weeks, & then became something I did from home most days.
I hear you cry "No more public transport! How can we hear of Daffy's journey?"
But never fear, gentle reader, because I did go to the office to catch up with people & make sure we were all working off the same song-sheet, so to speak.
However, given the randomness of baby feeding times, I decided not to set an alarm that might disrupt my wife if she was only just going to sleep. I told the guys in the office that I would be there whenever.
I took a very relaxed approached to my morning journey.
I woke up only fifteen minutes or so after the alarm used to go off. It's still daylight early. I didn't rush out the door, pushing my wife ahead to drop me off, but drove leisurely to the station on my own, & caught a train that was really only half an hour later than usual, but far less crowded.
As it was a different train, I ended up walking to the office from a different station, which meant I could choose to walk through a park where inner-city folk strolled to their offices, walked dogs, played basketball (!), etc.
I ended up at the office only half an hour or so later than my usual stressed time - & I was still often the first one there!
I was more relaxed, less concerned about leaving in the afternoon, because I was optimising my time with the team, & generally having a very different time of it in the office.
A few small changes like that can work miracles to the day. A few experiments in travelling generally won't cost much effort.
Unless you've got strict work hours (shift work, or they won't let you in before & kick you out at a fixed time), there's nothing to stop you taking a longer walking route, turning up a train later or earlier, mixing it up a little.
You can enjoy your journey in. Stranger things have happened.
