Take Advantage of Your Time To:Commuting to college means saving money. Whether it means living rent-free at home, or saving on rent to live somewhere less expensive, you will save money in some ways by commuting to school.
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The U.S. Census Bureau defines extreme commuters as workers who travel 90 minutes or more each way to work.
Just how bad is a commute on job satisfaction? A study by the University of West England found that adding 20 minutes to your daily commute has the same negative effect on job satisfaction as receiving a 19 percent pay cut. In fact, every extra minute commuting lowered satisfaction with their job and leisure time.
A new Swedish study has found people working more than 40 hours per week who commute more than 30 minutes each way to work have a 25 percent greater risk of being inactive, and are 16 percent more likely to experience sleep problems, reports Reuters.
People who commute 90 minutes or more are more likely to have back and neck pain, and long commute times also up your blood pressure and anxiety levels. Then there's also the time suck of it all.