{"id":149852,"date":"2025-03-17T19:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-one-change-that-worked-i-got-out-of-my-car-in-the-middle-of-my-commute-and-sat-under-the-trees\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:30:28","slug":"the-one-change-that-worked-i-got-out-of-my-car-in-the-middle-of-my-commute-and-sat-under-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-one-change-that-worked-i-got-out-of-my-car-in-the-middle-of-my-commute-and-sat-under-the-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"The one change that worked: I got out of my car in the middle of my commute and sat under the trees"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThree years ago, when I was stuck in a traffic jam, I decided to stop to visit a park I\u2019d passed by many times. Now, I go there at least one morning a weekI must have passed it 100 times. Until one day in 2022, stuck in Melbourne traffic, I glanced towards the park in Bayside and saw mist rising from the trees, as if they had just exhaled into the dawn sunlight. This sight cheered me, lifting the pall of the workday grind ahead. Right then I made a resolution to interrupt my commute at least once a week by visiting the park and I have kept to it ever since.The next day I left the stream of traffic, parked the car and walked into the park, skirting the cricket oval where dogs chase sassy swallows skimming the grass just out of reach. Past there is a quiet pond where you will find ducks and turtles, and beside it is one of those forgotten patches of land where nature gets to do her thing unhindered. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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