My apartment is 4.7 miles from my office, which is pretty comparable to Dorsey’s distance, but I tack on an extra 10 blocks (about 0.5 miles) to make my commute as similar as possible to his.
Having no idea how much time to budget for my commute — Dorsey does 5.3 miles in one hour and 15 minutes, which seems like an absurdly quick pace — I aim to leave at 7 a.m. and get out the door by 7:10 a.m. It’s still dark out.
I fire up a podcast, “The Daily” with Michael Barbaro, and have several more on deck. Twenty minutes into the episode, though, my phone dies from the below-freezing temperature, leaving me a full hour to spend with no company but my thoughts.
Most of that time is spent kicking myself for not fully charging my phone and complaining about the cold. I even contemplate…
