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10 Ways to Relieve Stress on Your Commute
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- While commuting by car can cause stress, you can reduce stress by adjusting your departure time, listening to music, meditating, and diversifying your route.
- Focusing on concentration training during driving, communication, singing, listening to informative audiobooks, and stretching or yoga after work are also helpful.
- Carpooling can save time and money by sharing transportation, but it needs to be chosen according to individual preferences.
Hello! Today, I'd like to talk about the commute, which many people spend hours on every day. Commuting by car, which is almost essential for modern people, can be more stressful than you think. But don't worry! In this article, I will introduce you to my own stress-relieving methods for commuting by car. By making your commute calm and comfortable like this, you can significantly improve the quality of your daily life.
1. Set an early departure time
To reduce stress on your car commute, it's important to set an early departure time. If you leave before the busiest hours, you can reduce stress caused by traffic congestion. It's good to maintain a consistent departure time so you can accurately plan your expected arrival time. I commute from Suwon to Seoul using the Gyeongbu Expressway, and I try to get on the highway before 6:00 AM. It usually takes me about 30 minutes to get to the end of Hannam Bridge. (Reaching Hannam Bridge around 6:30 AM)
2. Listen to relaxing music
One of the most effective ways to relieve stress is to listen to relaxing music. You can relieve stress by listening to your favorite music on your commute. Choosing emotional and healing music can soothe your mind and relieve tension. Especially in the morning (or early morning), your body may not be fully awake while driving. In this case, a 4th generation idol's rocking song is good for raising your tension. (Recently, I've been listening to Jungkook's Seven. I'm not an ARMY, but I just like the song. 🎶🎶
I wish I could drive on a road like this without traffic jams at a comfortable time.
3. Meditation and breathing exercises
Even while driving, you can relieve stress through simple meditation and deep breathing exercises. Deep breathing changes the brain to a relaxed state, relieving tension. It's important to stay focused while commuting, so it's good to relieve tension through meditation and breathing. Wait a minute. You shouldn't close your eyes!!!! Don't forget you're driving. Imagining various difficult situations that might happen today can increase stress, so refrain from deep imagination.
This is not the situation. You're driving!
4. Diversify your route
Commuting on the same route every day can make you feel claustrophobic. If possible, consider driving a different route once in a while. Exploring new routes allows you to enjoy different scenery and create a more exciting commute. This experience seems to be recommended in neuroscience as well. It's a good way to relieve the feeling of being trapped, but I highly recommend it from the perspective of brain activation. I mentioned earlier that I commute using the Gyeongbu Expressway, but depending on which section of the Gyeongbu Expressway I get on, I can experience very diverse routes. Or, there are many different ways to get there without using the Gyeongbu Expressway, so I'm having various experiences. Of course, it seems to be an experience that will happen once or twice at most, considering the travel time.
5. Attention concentration training
It's important to focus your attention while driving. However, as you get used to driving, your mind can become sluggish. You should make an effort to pay attention to your surroundings and focus on driving through attention concentration training.
6. Utilize it as an opportunity for communication
Your commute is mostly alone, but sometimes communicating with other drivers or pedestrians can also help relieve stress. Use it as an opportunity for communication by being polite and giving courteous greetings. Usually, when you open your window to communicate, it seems that there is a bad situation... or you can try talking with your members if you are on a phone call or carpooling. But if you're commuting early in the morning, it's hard to do that too. Lonely...
7. Sing along joyfully
If your commute is a time for yourself, sometimes relieve stress by singing along joyfully. Singing can refresh your mind and make you feel good. It's a good way to relieve stress and boredom simultaneously. And you might find a talent for being a singer. Vocalization 🎶🎶🎶 And my heart says so. If you sing along joyfully, you'll feel happy.
If it weren't for going to work, I'd just be happy..
8. Listening to informative audiobooks
You can also engage in self-development during your commute by listening to audiobooks. Listening to audiobooks about self-development, novels, or touching stories is a way to use your time effectively. I usually listen to audiobooks, and I've experienced many audiobooks in Korea as well. I listen through the Crema Club through Yes24. There were a few reasons why I chose it, but it was because I was interested in the field of economics at that time. Most services offer a free first month policy, so I think you can try them out and then decide. Anyway, if you've made a choice, you're driving while listening to audiobooks, but it took me quite a while to get used to it at first. You need to get used to mechanical voices, adjust the reading speed, and focus on both driving and the voice. If you adapt to it and use it consistently, I'm still trying it with the belief that it will help your life a lot.
9. Stress-relieving exercise
You can experience stiffness and fatigue from driving. Once you get home, stretch or do yoga to relieve your body. Relieving your body and mind at the same time will help prevent stress from building up. It's such an obvious thing that it's exhausting, but stretching and then sleeping will help you drive a little better the next day. Hmm...
10. Consider carpooling
If you find driving alone on your commute boring and tiring, consider carpooling. Carpooling allows you to drive with other people, talk, and make new connections. Your personality plays a big role. I tend to get E when I take the MBTI, but I think alone time is so important to me that carpooling wasn't an option. However, I believe that there are great benefits to sharing transportation. You can save resources for transportation, and you can also save time for multiple people. But for me, the wall of carpooling is still high. However, if you carpool, remember that passengers other than the driver can relax and move quickly.
This is how you sleep while driving. You wake up and you're at work/home. Like teleportation.
Conclusion
Commuting by car can be a source of stress for many people. However, by referring to the stress-relieving methods for your own car commute introduced above, you can have a calm and comfortable commute. Make your commute a more enjoyable and enriching time, and improve the quality of your daily life!
