[famousactress]

I don't like driving much, which is why I thought the commute at my last gig (a 40 minute train ride each way) was amazing. It's a really awesome train down the coast of San Diego, half of it within view of the ocean, the other half through some beautiful canyons. You can eat or drink (even beer/alcohol) on the train, there are clean bathrooms, and it runs on time. There's even wifi sometimes. I worked, or read, or cracked a beer with friends on the way home in the evenings.

Then I got a job without a commute at all, and I swear it improved my day to day happiness by like 20-30 percent. I would have not predicted this much difference, but it's really true I think that your commute is way worse (or put another way that losing your commute would be way better) than you think.

[Edit: Oh, and I'm not even counting the other benefits like dropping hundreds of dollars on gas or train tickets, maybe even losing a car payment, or the satisfaction from helping to reduce pollution. I'm only talking about the enormousness of having two extra hours poured back into your day and the additional freedom to work when/where you're most productive]