Originally Posted by madhouse
But the worst part of the commute is pulling myself out of bed an hour sooner than I would need to if I drove my car to work. I stressed myself out last night because I didn’t get to bed as soon as I should have for my plan to get up early to commute; it took me a long time to fall asleep and I didn’t sleep very well. Once I get on my bike all is well… but it is a challenge to get there!
I have the exact opposite experience. I so much love riding to work that I jump out of bed as soon as my alarm goes off, eager to hit the road, also knowing the earlier I go the less traffic there will be and the light timings are better.
When driving I struggled to get out of bed on time, wrongly thinking I could always make up the time by leaving later and getting less of rush hour. Less exercise made it harder to get consistenly good sleep as well.
Al