Riding in Uber or Lyft used to be among my most productive times while traveling but lately I’ve lost all productivity while in the backseat.

Motion Sickness Is Hindering My Uber Productivity

I used to look forward to Uber or Lyft rides because they were so productive. I’d hop in, pull out my laptop, and work efficiently…whether the ride was five minutes or 55 minutes.

I would generally tether internet from my phone and could answer emails, read documents, or write blog posts. 

Sure, sometimes talkative drivers would distract me, but that was the exception. I’d step off an Uber, having accomplished a lot since there were far fewer distractions when you could not move…

But lately I’ve found myself unable to work in a car. Whether I’m typing on my laptop or even just looking at my mobile phone, motion sickness quickly descends upon me. Yes, unless I’m starting straight ahead out the window, I start feeling nauseous. 

Even worse, the same is true when I’m on a bus…as I recently experienced on my bus ride from central Prague to PRG airport and from Seoul to ICN Airport. But I don’t take buses nearly as often…

This has been going on for several months now and has not been confined to one or two incidents. Nurse Heidi (my wife) says it is part of aging, but there are pills I can take for it.

I don’t like taking pills of any kind beyond multi-vitamins and supplements, but I’d consider dimenhydrinate or something for this because this seems like such a time drain.

Is this something any of you have experienced? If you have experienced this, how did you deal with it?

I’d love to get my productivity back when I’m in a car or bus.

Thankfully, I have not experienced motion sickness on an airplane…yet.