A Long Commute

An often unnoticed commonality among people who never move up financially is a long commute. When you live far away from your job, you spend endless hours getting there and back, sitting in traffic and wasting time. This time could instead be used productively if you didn’t have to commute for hours every week. Also, sitting in traffic, and wishing you were somewhere else, is incredibly tiring and frustrating.

When you know that getting to work involves this process, it can be easy to develop a lack of motivation to go to work at all, and you can even develop resentment. Furthermore, when you’re commuting, you’re using your time for the sake of work, but you’re not getting paid for it. This time can add up quickly, creating more and more wasted potential.