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My kids are in various summer camps that require some travel via public transportation to get them there, and that requires some planning on my part. I started building in extra time, so we'd arrive not in the nick of time but actually a few minutes early. They loved it and I loved the relief of an early, low-stress drop-off. I was on time (even early!) to pick them up, so they weren't the last ones roaming the field. It was lovely, and I'm a convert to the freedom this extra time affords us.
Next came the theory that I could only exercise in the morning. I traced this back to my 20-something working days when I would run or lift weights early in the morning in the workout room of my apartment building before showering and boarding the train downtown to sit in an office cubicle from 9 am – 5 pm or later. After those tedious days, I was exhausted, mentally and physically, and an evening workout rarely seemed to happen. In a post-pandemic world, my home office is in the basement, and I’m lucky that my work schedule is infinitely flexible. I block time for pickups and drop-offs as necessary, so why not for lunch and a workout (as many