There are a lot of “A to B”s that we overlook. There are many questions that we answer automatically, or problems that we instinctively solve in the same way. I delight in realising those moments and rethinking them.
The morning commute is one. How do you redesign it? My husband, Alex, recently decided that in the morning, he simply needs a way to get from A to B. There are many ways to get there — car, taxi, bike, scooter, walk, bus, carpool, and so on. (If he were really gung ho, maybe he could just stay in the office.) For the most part, he feels that the morning commute is a waste of time. It’s hard to compress or speed up. I’ve seen people use commute as a chance to catch up on a show, email, or twiddle their thumbs with a game. Alex decides to reframe commute as exercise…
He’s considered biking, but that requires a lot of commitment — one has to ride the bike back (at some point), and while the morning is lovely, afternoon is a sauna and the evening is too dark. Alex runs to work. A surprising commute and a good way to start the day. He even calls it an “experiment,” tracking his routes and noting how he feels. We’ll see how it goes!
You have an A to B. What is the real goal, and how else would you like to get there?