case study — I lived in East Orange for a few weeks. Train interval was around 30 minutes even at morning peak hours. I missed once and had to wait for a long time. If I have important work to finish, When I came home late I again missed the peak frequency 🙁

Contrast with the flexibility of subway, or bike!

The more disciplined, the more flexible you can become.

Scheduled commute requires planning and discipline. Some get used to it and find it a non-issue on most days. but I feel it’s still a major inconvenience, like a loose screw on my bike — every now and then it breaks and needs a fix. We don’t prefer a life with too many restrictions, that requires planning on everything.

Discipline, adjustment, planning … all add to the “stress” — You miss one step, you suffer…. Painful lessons….

The rich teach their kids these useful habits, but these kids are not subject to the painful consequences when they fail. I’m not rich, so I had to learn these habits the hard way. Some people (perhaps my son) fail to learn all of these planning habits so they pay a price all the way until they get rich enough to avoid planning so many things.

I’m no perfect planner either 🙁