The secret to passing time

How do you get through those hours when the minute hand seems frozen in place? Since moving to Frankfurt, my daily commute has meant I've had a lot more time to pass than I'm used to. 

I have a 12 minute walk-run to the train station in the morning (this morning it was more like a ridiculous gallop with my backpack flopping against my back and my haphazardly bobby-pinned bun coming loose), a 45-minute train ride to the office, and then another 45-minute ride home and a more leisurely 15-minute walk finally, finally to my apartment.

The train rides go by quickly since I usually doze, read, or people watch, but for all of the walking in between, I need a little more distraction. So here's what I realized I do: I pick a song, turn the volume of my iPod really loud, and vaguely imagine I'm part of a movie montage. 

I know.

But it totally works. 

The music swells, I live out my brief life as a tragic heroine or whoever else the music inspires, and before I know it I've arrived at my destination.   

Some of my favorite montage music as of late: 

This, this, this and this. 

Does anyone else do this? Maybe I'm crazy :).

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