I quit a job in Seoul because of a commute that took close to four hours a day, and because I live with panic disorder. A long commute can be a real reason to leave a job, and in my case it was the deciding one. Here is what the numbers looked like, what it did to me, and what I'd check before accepting a job with a long trip. How long was my commute, really? At the fitness equipment company, getting to work took about an hour and a half each way. Plenty of people in the Seoul area live with numbers like that, and for a while I did too. The trip home was the part I hadn't priced in properly. The work there was heavy, so I'd often be at my desk well into the night, and by the time I left, the transport on my route ran far enough apart that the ride back stretched toward two hours. Add the two directions together and it came to close to four hours a day in transit. Then add the rest of the day around it. I was out of the house before seven in the morning, and on a night wit...