I did the opposite. In stead of moving closer to work, I moved work closer to me. I'm a Vision Center Manager for Wal-Mart, and my commute was 50 minutes each way for 7 years, all freeway, and about 85% of it during morning or evening rush hour. A store opened up in my neighboring community, and I transferred there. Commute is now less than 15 minutes, my fuel consumption is down over 60%, my cars last longer, and there's no travel related stress. I had a typical traffic jam on the way to work yesterday-3 deer crossing the road!
I didn't realize how stressed I was from putting up with the idiots on my commute. The store I was in was an urban store, and virtually a free-fire zone among the gangs. Now, I'm in a rural store. My customers are my neighbors, area farmers-just plain good folks. Shorten the drive up and improve your life.
