Welcome to Season 4 episode 12 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.

I'm your host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth

into the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for

the week ahead. Today I'm going to share some ideas for making your commute more

productive and enjoyable. Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript, links to recommended resources, and to share your thoughts on the show.

These days a lot of my travel is spent on the subway.

I keep the Kindle app on my phone and I read. Or maybe I'll

listen to some audio but often it's just too loud to really hear it very well.

And the subway really isn't a good place to do deep thinking or to concentrate on reading a

text because there's so many distractions that pull me out of my train of

thought. However, I love audio as a medium. That's really the heart of why I created this podcast.

It's just such an enjoyable way to get and share information,

and it feels so much more personal than just the written word.

So for that reason, I love my alone time in the car and also the time

that I spend walking to my destinations. I have so many good options for things to

listen to and do that the time just flies by. So I wanted to share

some of those options in hopes of inspiring those of you who maybe dread your

commute or maybe you're just looking for some ways to make it more interesting.

So let's dive in with nine different ways that you can make your commute more productive and

enjoyable.

So first up, podcast. That's probably the number one way that I use my time in the car.

I use the eye-catcher app.

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