We have such selective memories! And the photos we take, and the photos we upload to social media, affect our memories hugely. Skiing is a great example of that. The percentage of time actually zooming down a perfect sunny slope is tiny compared to all the hassle. Maybe worth it, maybe not – but it’s worth trying to assess our decisions with all the facts. Some people log their time, maybe just for a week, to get the facts rather than deluding themselves – that could be interesting.
Here’s a suggestion of what you’d find on a typical ski holiday!
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This is great Chris, many years ago before we had the connectivity we now have we took the kids to one of those theme parks with the big rides – on the way home we calculated the time spent travelling and standing in queues compared to actually being scared witless (me anyway) and it came out at approx 7 hrs for the former and around 30 minutes of rides – then factored in the cost and it was many pounds per minute of riding. I asked them if in the future they would rather spend the day at the beach or a park and have a tenner each for ice creams etc – never went to a theme park again. Kevin Mcloud makes a similar point about building a garden barbecue against having a little portable one