My commute used to be ~40min by car (stop by the gym for an hour) then ~2h by train in the morning, and then ~2h by train and ~60+min by car in the afternoon not withstanding accidents or delays which happened nearly weekly. Toss in a 20min shuttle ride to get from the train to the office. Now I work for the same place but from home. The car rides were audiobooks (mostly sci-fi and fantasy with some dips into non-fiction). The train rides usually involved a small amount of HN time, then working on the laptop or sometimes talking through ideas with coworkers as they joined the train. If not that, then audiobooks. Rarely, I'd play an offline video game. My shuttle rides were mostly Hearthstone.
I can't imagine dozing off during an audiobook I like. I'm more likely to miss my stop (being overly captivated) than to zone out. I can't count the number of times I would get to my stop at such a cliff hanger that I couldn't wait to get back on the train in the evening (though I enjoyed being in the office and my work).
Maybe you can try shaking up what you are listening to. Not everything is about raw productivity. You need to take time for yourself. This so happens to help increase productivity during normal productivity hours.
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My commute used to be ~40min by car (stop by the gym for an hour) then ~2h by train in the morning, and then ~2h by train and ~60+min by car in the afternoon not withstanding accidents or delays which happened nearly weekly. Toss in a 20min shuttle ride to get from the train to the office. Now I work for the same place but from home. The car rides were audiobooks (mostly sci-fi and fantasy with some dips into non-fiction). The train rides usually involved a small amount of HN time, then working on the laptop or sometimes talking through ideas with coworkers as they joined the train. If not that, then audiobooks. Rarely, I'd play an offline video game. My shuttle rides were mostly Hearthstone.
I can't imagine dozing off during an audiobook I like. I'm more likely to miss my stop (being overly captivated) than to zone out. I can't count the number of times I would get to my stop at such a cliff hanger that I couldn't wait to get back on the train in the evening (though I enjoyed being in the office and my work).
Maybe you can try shaking up what you are listening to. Not everything is about raw productivity. You need to take time for yourself. This so happens to help increase productivity during normal productivity hours.
That adds up to 32 hours a week of commuting plus delays. What the?!