Seeing that today will be my first day riding home from work (I'm commuting every-other for now), I think it's appropriate to post my reasoning.

I love riding. It's enjoyable and I love the challenge. I hate cars and sitting in Hartford, CT traffic trying to cross three different highways just to go 3 towns over (on Friday ComiCon and a country concert tripled the time it took to get home). I value my health, the big big reason. The office I work in is NOT condusive to healthy life choices: literally every person aside from myself and one other person are significantly overweight (30 or more extra lbs). Company lunches are catered with extra cheese and meat pizzas, giant grinders covered in mayo and cheese, regular soda and potato chips. Basically, it scared the s**t out of me. At 22 years old, I figure habits started now will be easier to maintain throughout the years and I NEVER want to end up like my coworkers. Some of them even live in town, within 3mi and still drive to work.

Driving is expensive. My girlfriend has a giant commute and sucks up gas just by going to work, so anything I can do to lower the $500/month minimum we spend on gas alone is what I'll do. I used to commute in high school almost the same distance I will be doing now, but completely forgot. Also, I love nature and being outside, and will really appreciate the time to decompress.

I'll let you know what my coworkers think!