Relieving stress
09-11-19 | 04:11 PM
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Relieving stress
Ever since I started commuting to work by bicycle I can't begin to say how much it helps with the stress as I get to work. I am relaxed and energized. I bike about 15 miles and look forward every morning to being able to ride to work.
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09-11-19 | 05:14 PM
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Back when I was a commuter this was my number one driver. Most things thrown at me during work weren't an issue and those few things that were melted away on the ride home. Now I telecommute 100% but still ride my bike for just about everything.
09-11-19 | 05:39 PM
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It helps
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09-11-19 | 09:45 PM
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I dunno if bike-commuting relieves stress, as much as riding in traffic with cars helps put my work stress into a different perspective. 
09-12-19 | 02:20 AM
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In addition, I used to get stressed about connections for public transport and missing one by getting stuck at work.
Now I’m on my own timetable it’s not a bother...and a quicker commute to boot.
09-13-19 | 01:59 AM
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It helps relieve stress from whatever comes my way. Since I am semiretired I only ride twice a week to work. And that is only to pay for our insurance and see my work friends once in a while. 23 years for the prison system is a bit stressful. Then there are the inmates. The admin types making STUPID rules are the worst. Politics don't belong in the system and neither do liberals. Thank God there are still a few here and there that realize prison is for punishment not patting the crooks on the back and telling them they had a bad upbringing. Never give those kinds of people a bit of room. They will turn you into whatever they want you to be, Prison has become a place you DON'T mind living for a while. The bike rides are necessary. elieve me. And it could be with an engine under you too. Have you ever seen a motorcycle or bicycle parked in front of a psychologists office? Not unless it belongs to the Dr. Rant over. Bluesfrog.
09-13-19 | 04:06 AM
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Relieving stress
Dittos to the above, but I have posted:
My commute sans car, 14 miles by bike, or Commuter Rail can take a significant amount of time, including frittering time when at home, like watching TV (the children are grown and my wife often works in the evening).
Fortunately I like my job, reducing the stress. Furthermore, my time at work is otherwise pretty flexible, and posting to Bikeforums is a secondary, vicarious substitute.
Ever since I started commuting to work by bicycle I can't begin to say how much it helps with the stress as I get to work. I am relaxed and energized. I bike about 15 miles and look forward every morning to being able to ride to work.
Mike A
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…I have previously posted to this thread, ”Why didn’t I ride”
Fortunately I like my job, reducing the stress. Furthermore, my time at work is otherwise pretty flexible, and posting to Bikeforums is a secondary, vicarious substitute.
… Since I am at a computer most of the day at work generating reports…posting is a form of escape.
A radio commentator, Dennis Prager once suggested that one should take a vacation everyday; not to physically “get away,” but do something different during the day, and that’s posting for me.
A radio commentator, Dennis Prager once suggested that one should take a vacation everyday; not to physically “get away,” but do something different during the day, and that’s posting for me.
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 09-13-19 at 04:09 AM.
09-13-19 | 04:18 AM
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A thought or two, based on personal experience....
Also, what's the hurry? One of the joys of touring is the singleness of purpose and absence of demands. All you have to do is get there: you don't have to get there fast or get their first - and if you are touring with camping gear, odds are you can be incredibly flexible about what "getting there" means on any given day.
Embrace that. Don't let your tour become an exercise in trading one rat-race for another.
Also, what's the hurry? One of the joys of touring is the singleness of purpose and absence of demands. All you have to do is get there: you don't have to get there fast or get their first - and if you are touring with camping gear, odds are you can be incredibly flexible about what "getting there" means on any given day.
Embrace that. Don't let your tour become an exercise in trading one rat-race for another.
In fact, bad touring days made me long for sitting in an office doing my usual job--very restorative.
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