Just hit 500 miles in a single week of commuting and I'm not sure if I should be proud or worried

I drive from the suburbs into the city every day for work and last week my odometer crossed 500 miles just from that back and forth. It hit me when I filled up gas for the third time in 7 days and the pump showed $47. That's like 6 hours a week sitting in traffic watching brake lights. Do any of you keep track of your weekly mileage or do you just ignore it like I did for years?

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sarah_mason5d ago

My buddy does 600 miles a week and he's been doing it for 8 years now. He just listens to podcasts and calls it his quiet time. The gas cost thing is real but 500 miles in a week isn't some breaking point, it's just a normal commute for a lot of people. People act like sitting in traffic is torture but millions of us do it every day without having some kind of breakdown about it. Maybe you should just find better podcasts or audiobooks instead of treating this like a life crisis.

the_hayden5d ago

Man, that's wild... I had a buddy who was doing the same grind for years before he finally snapped. He kept a little notebook in his glovebox, and at the end of one month he realized he'd burned through almost 200 gallons just going back and forth to an office he hated. He actually quit his job and found something closer to home after that.