I am really intrigued about Lambert’s book. When I first started bike commuting several years ago, I would feel super whiny on cold mornings, and I gave myself little pep talks about my Grandma and Grandpa and how they would still go out and plow fields or milk cows on cold mornings. It was rather silly, but still. I think there is something to this. The more I do the happier I am. Am I doing more because I’m happier or am I happier because I’m doing more? One thing’s for sure: I’m so exhausted every night that insomnia is not even remotely an issue.

My parents wouldn’t let me have a Nintendo when I was a kid even though I begged constantly. Now that I’m a parent, I have that decision and many others like it before me. I do not know which way I will go on many of them. Right now economics is actually making it rather easy to say no to just about everything, but the recession can’t last forever, can it? (Maybe it can? A rather sobering thought.)

Anyway, thanks for the kind words. You’ve given me a lot to think about with this post.