Think about it: when was the last time you had 30 extra minutes to do absolutely nothing? Your phone is fully charged, and your podcast queue is bursting with episodes you’ve ignored for weeks. This is your license to pause.
You can finally finish that audiobook about baking sourdough—or start one. You could call your mum, or learn the lyrics to that one song you always skip. The M25 is basically a mobile living room with a view of other people’s bumpers.
The Unexpected Joy of Shared Misery
Here’s the secret: everyone around you is in the same boat. Or, uh, car. You’ll see drivers nodding along to the same radio station, or giving each other that knowing grimace through the windshield. It’s a communion of commuters.
You might even make a friend—or at least a funny story to tell at dinner. “Remember that time we were all stuck near the M25 for two hours? I bonded with a guy in a Prius over our shared hatred of roundabouts.” That is the stuff of legend.
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