Bicycle and E-Scooter • 2025-11-23

It's time for my weekly diary entry.

-= Two-Wheeled Commute Statistics for the Week -=

• Electric Kickscooter 🛴 Trips this week: +8
  • Total trips: 269
  • Estimated earnings over time: $588
• Bicycle 🚲 Trips this week: +1
  • Total trips: 292
  • Estimated earnings over time: $781

One day I forgot to charge my scooter at night, so the next day I had to bike 6 kilometers into the city center for an errand, and then 6 kilometers back 🥴 It was tough due to the cold weather.

-= Driving School -=

I'm trying to get a driver's license for a car. My practical exam is scheduled for December 16th. Less than a month left until then, which will be intense as I have to stay an extra hour at work each day to clear my schedule for the driving lesson. My main job offers flexible hours, so I can either maintain a consistent 40-hour week: 8+8+8+8+8=40, or an irregular 9+9+9+9+4=40. I have to use the latter option to fit in my driving lesson otherwise I won't be able to attend.

I also heard some news: two instructors are leaving my driving school. There were only three of them to begin with, so that leaves one 🤔 Will the school close? Recently, cars and their repairs have been getting increasingly expensive. There's a feeling that the entire automotive industry is slowly deflating, and I'm jumping on the last bus. Getting a license and a car is already difficult and expensive now, and things will only get worse in the future. Global reforms are promised but never delivered.