{"id":3515,"date":"2022-08-23T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2022-08-23T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:13:27","slug":"how-to-have-a-happier-commute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-have-a-happier-commute\/","title":{"rendered":"How to have a happier commute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve had to return to the office lately, you may have enjoyed the face-to-face interaction with work colleagues and the chance to leave the house after a couple of years of working from home. Those little things we took for granted before the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>But one thing you probably haven&#8217;t missed is the commute. Whether you walk, cycle, drive, or take public transport &#8211; here&#8217;s how to have a happier commute.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>How many people commute to work?<\/h2>\n<p>Around 500 million people around the world commute to work each day, with an average total journey time of 80 minutes &#8211; 40 minutes each way.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, the average total commute time leaps to around 1 hours 38\u00a0minutes, with commuters in East Anglia reporting the highest total average of 2 hours 25 minutes, while 10% in the North East of England travel for more than four hours every day, according to the results of a survey by <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.mz.moovi&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moovi<\/a>, the public transport app.<\/p>\n<p>Research from the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) shows that more than 3\u00a0million commuters spend two or more hours travelling to and from work\u00a0\u2013 almost three-quarters (72%) as many as this time ten years ago, during which time the\u00a0number of commuters travelling three or more hours a day has also risen by three-quarters (75%) from 500,000 to 800,000.<\/p>\n<p>And the commute is something most of us just want to get out of the way, it&#8217;s nothing more than a means to the end goal of getting to work and getting back home, the trouble is, if the commute doesn&#8217;t go to plan then it can really ruin the \u00a0rest of the day, so here are some top tips on how to have a happier commute.<\/p>\n<h2>How to improve your commute<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0key to a happier commute is leaving the house on time and not hitting any unexpected problems along the way, but really, how often does that happen?\u00a0So the people at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adzuna<\/a>, the\u00a0job site that searches\u00a0thousands of other job sites so you don&#8217;t have to, took a more methodical approach and looked into the science behind a happier commute.<\/p>\n<p>So if you skip breakfast before leaving the house, avoid eye contact with fellow commuters, or plug into social media\u00a0for the entire journey, here&#8217;s why you might want to re-think how you approach the daily commute.<\/p>\n<p>And if \u00a0you want some interesting stats on UK commuter habits, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk\/HTMLDocs\/dvc193\/#sty=true&amp;flow=flow0&amp;period=0&amp;fix=undefined&amp;view=200,-40,630,635&amp;tr=0,0&amp;sc=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this interactive .GOV infographic<\/a> is really informative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you tackle the daily commute? Share your top tips for a happier commute with our business community&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Commute_Infographic-Final-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"4257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/pablo.buffer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pablo <\/a>by Buffer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1777 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/conference-call-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve had to return to the office lately, you may have enjoyed the face-to-face interaction with work colleagues and the chance to leave the house after a couple of<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-have-a-happier-commute\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to have a happier commute<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,19,28],"tags":[29,15,8],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to have a happier commute - ConferenceCall.co.uk blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you want to have a happier commute, you should stop skipping breakfast and start interacting with fellow commuters. 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