> I think not. Spending an hour waiting for, or on, a train is not the equivalent of losing an hour of your life.

I think that this is closer than you think and would be debatable. If somebody told me that a 1.5-2 hour commute five days a week would go to zero for the rest of my life, and I just had to give up the last year of it, I'd probably take that deal.

edit: I have to agree that the commute is negative time for me, then. It's worse than nothing. Yes, I've gotten a lot of reading done, but people get a lot of reading done in prison, too.

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StevenWaterman a day ago | parent [-]

I would absolutely take this deal, so much so that I had to read the OP 3 times because I was sure I'd misread it

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pavel_lishin a day ago | parent [-]

I wouldn't, partially because I don't know how long the rest of my life is.

Would I give up a year of my life with my child, just so I didn't have to go into the office? Absolutely not!

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scubbo a day ago | parent [-]

But you wouldn't be giving up a year of your life with your child. You'd get the same amount of time to spend with them - it would just be more-front-loaded.

	▲	StevenWaterman a day ago \| parent [-]
		And most likely gain time spent with them, since your child is likely to have left home in the last year of your life