[pct-l] PCT and the World - choose hiking over wirk

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http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060801_work_regret.html

No Regrets: Pick Play Over Work



By Robin Lloyd
Special to LiveScience
posted: 01 August 2006
09:45 am ET
                                        
        The older we get, the more we regret choosing virtue over vice, new research shows.


 Everyone is familiar with the flip-flop between guilt and regret when it comes to decisions between indulgence or keeping your nose to the grindstone. Ran Kivetz and Anat Keinan of Columbia University have now shown that the guilt that we often feel right after making "indulgent" choices flares up as quickly as it passes. However, regrets over missed opportunities for fun never fade. In fact, they increase over time. 



 The upshot is that vices are regretted in the short-run, and virtues are regretted in the long-run.

goo ga <googoogeorgia at yahoo.com> wrote:

 I wish I'd spent more time at the office!
   
  WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !
   
  Please God just give me three more days to increase this quarter's profit.
   
  WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  !!!

  I don't want to die poor.   
   
  WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  !!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !
  

Nope, Switchback, you're priorities are straight! There is a simple test; 
just go ask anyone in a rest home if they ever wished in retrosight that they 
worked more and played or took time for enjoying life less!

Life is short! 

Greg

In a message dated 7/27/2006 4:58:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
losthiker at sisqtel.net writes:

I can justify going for a hike simply because it refreshes my spirit and 
makes me feel alive! It's selfish, and it's a gift I give myself, often. On 

the trail, I leave the complicated world behind. In time, the world will get 
better, how can it get worse? Life is short, hike long, camp, drink fresh 
waters, marvel at the stars, watch the sun rise and set, and be happy within 
yourself. Your priorities are what you make them, and keep them simple. Why 
wrestle with it, go for a hike..it's the rest of the crazy world that has 
misplaced priorities...
~~~^^^~~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^^~^^^^^^^^^^~^^~^~^~
I must admit that with so many people in the world wanting to kill us, it
makes me feel a little weird hiking and planning trips. I feel a little
decadent or may be like I have misplaced priorities. But I guess that is 
what the
trail is for. To let us get away and refocus our lives and perspectives. 
I
just don't know. I am still wrestling with this.

Your hiking buddy, Switchback
Slime Ball Hippie Hiker Trash 





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