A commute way too long
Posted 06-13-2015 at 07:27 PM by PMcGee6
Resentment should be taken out and examined frequently -- at least for me -- lest it build.
So I've been commuting from my home approximately 70 miles to work now for about 7 years. There's any number of reasons why I might resent this -- and right after I started back to work full time after caring for my kiddos as a stay at home mom for about 10 years, I'll admit they were more prevalent.
But I thought I'd worked through the issues, picked them apart with a fine-tooth comb and accepted that what I was doing was my current lot in life.
Yeah, well ... Apparently not. Sitting in traffic the other day, because I'd missed the "good commute window" by about a 15-minute time frame ... I felt that "OMG, I'm going to be late to work; why is everyone else in my way??"
Pretty self-absorbed ... And ludicrous since everyone else is, of course, doing the same "need to get someplace" thing I am.
Guess I let it build up a bit without reminding myself that things could always be worse!
So I've been commuting from my home approximately 70 miles to work now for about 7 years. There's any number of reasons why I might resent this -- and right after I started back to work full time after caring for my kiddos as a stay at home mom for about 10 years, I'll admit they were more prevalent.
But I thought I'd worked through the issues, picked them apart with a fine-tooth comb and accepted that what I was doing was my current lot in life.
Yeah, well ... Apparently not. Sitting in traffic the other day, because I'd missed the "good commute window" by about a 15-minute time frame ... I felt that "OMG, I'm going to be late to work; why is everyone else in my way??"
Pretty self-absorbed ... And ludicrous since everyone else is, of course, doing the same "need to get someplace" thing I am.
Guess I let it build up a bit without reminding myself that things could always be worse!
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