What Would They Think?

Sure, everyone thinks it's cool that I ride my bike to work every day. I'm exercising, saving gas money, etc. But...how would they feel if they knew that I didn't have a car? Specifically, how would this fact be viewed by upper management? For some reason, I think it would be viewed as a limitation. I guess that's the reason that I'm going on my 6th week commuting to work, but haven't told my boss or really anyone here that I don't actually have a car.

It's not about the money. Sure, I got rid of $11k worth of debt when we sold the Volkswagen, but the decision wasn't made solely for financial reasons. My husband and I are in the best financial shape we've ever been in, and could have kept the car. (It would have taken us longer to become debt free, but we could have done it).

The main reason I'm doing this is...I just wanted to see if I could live without a car, even if it's only for a few months. In fact, living a car-free life is one of the items on my "life list." You know, the list of things you want to do before you die? There are 29 items on my list, and when we sold our car a few weeks ago, I was able to put a big check mark beside the words "live without a car for a period of time - just to see if I can do it." 

The decision has made me so happy.  I find true happiness in riding my bike each and every day.  Yet, there's still this underlying feeling that people would think less of me here in the corporate world if they knew the whole story.  I don't know why.