Commuting on foot, any experiences?

Hi r/lowcar. I'm going to tell you my situation: I recently moved houses and now am in an area where walking to work is borderline-feasible. What that means is that it is about 50 minutes walk (though the way I walk seems to be inefficient, meaning the time can be cut down), public transport is not really a good solution as the bus stop is up a steep, nasty incline and and the bus comes very intermittently (what I mean is that the schedule and the actual times are about as related as the picture on the fast food menu and the actual burger).

Does anyone have a similar commute? How feasible is it? Are you using specific equipment (like specific shoes, raintrousers, etc)? Do you listen to music on the way or not for safety reasons? Anyting else I need to know?