I work near a window. I get distracted from about 10am-3pm, when the sun is shining and you can see the empty streets and everything 's bright and happy. But in the afternoon it gets depressing and by the end of my day, when it's dark and the tail-end of rush-hour traffic is clogging the streets, I don't feel as enthusiastic about biking.

I got in to work a little late today, and it was nice to have a little more sun, fewer cars. It's funny the rut you can get into, and how you can break it by just shifting your schedule by 30 minutes. It did, however, make me want to blow past work entirely and just keep riding ...