Commuting, physical strength, and diet
Commuting, was it you who made me exercise...? At the end of 2019, my child was born, and I started parental leave. Two months later, the COVID-19 pandemic began. After finishing parental leave, I spent three and a half years working remotely. A typical day of remote work looked like this: I wake up, get ready, and my wife takes our child to daycare. After taking out the trash, I begin work. I work at my desk until evening, then pick up my child. After dinner and a bath, we put our child to bed, and eventually, I go to sleep at a suitable time. Besides picking up and dropping off my child, I hardly walked, so I rarely moved my body on weekdays. On weekends, walking to the station was the closest thing to exercise I did. When I moved back to my hometown, where life was more car-centered, I distanced myself even further from exercise. The drop-offs, pick-ups, and weekend outings were all by car, drastically reducing my walking opportunities. I spent two years in that state, walking barel...
