Happiness = Work, sleep and bicycles

[vernon]

Read the Mark Easton article on the assessment of the nation's well being.
My sense of well being would not improve if I substituted my bike for my car for commuting purposes. I'd be stressed, gassed and harrassed.

I will be testing my theories later this year.

A much simpler assessment would be:

'On a scale of one to ten where do you place yourself on the sense of well being scale given that 1=5hite and 10=ecstasy couldn't make me more euphoric.'

 

[Arch]

My sense of well being would not improve if I substituted my bike for my car for commuting purposes. I'd be stressed, gassed and harrassed.

I think you'd be less gassed on a bike than cooped up in a car, whose air intake is pretty much at the level of the exhaust of the car in front. Air quality is usually better outside a car than in one.

 

[vernon]

I think you'd be less gassed on a bike than cooped up in a car, whose air intake is pretty much at the level of the exhaust of the car in front. Air quality is usually better outside a car than in one.

That's diversionary.

My well being and sense of well being are two different things.

 

[al78]

I AM THANKFUL:

For the husband who snores all night,
because he is at home asleep with me
and not with someone else!

For my teenage daughter who is complaining about
doing dishes, because that means she is at home
and not on the streets!

For the taxes that I pay,
because it means that I am employed.

For the mess to clean after a party,
because it means I am not alone and
have been surrounded by friends!

For the clothes that fit a little too snug,
because it means I have enough to eat.

For the windows that need cleaning,
and gutters that need fixing,
because it means I have a home.

For all the complaining I hear about the government,
because it means that we have freedom of speech.

For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot,
because it means I am capable of walking
and that I have been blessed with transportation.

For the noise I have to bear from my neighbors,
because it means that I can hear.

For the pile of laundry and ironing,
because it means I have clothes to wear.

For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day,
because it means I have been capable of working hard.

For the alarm that goes off in the early morning
hours, because it means that I am alive.​