Work-life balance | Top hacks for mastering your commute

Commuting is, for many, the single worst part of the working day.

Crammed into tiny train compartments whilst the woman next to you sneezes without covering her mouth and your face is pushed into the armpit of a particularly sweaty businessman with a loose grip on personal hygiene isn’t fun; neither is bundling yourself into the car, only to get caught in a seemingly infinite line of traffic complete with five school busses. But what other choice do you have?

You could cycle, but nothing will turn a person against a bicycle like hearing the soft hiss of a flat tyre at 6am during a stormy mid-January morning as you wipe the flecks for dried mud from your glasses.

At least you aren’t alone; in 2018 rail passengers lost a grand total of 3.9million hours due to significantly delayed trains, services with reduced carriages and flat out cancellations. That works out to around 80 trains a day being classified as ‘significantly late’, according to the BBC.