I was surprised to hear today reported on a BBC rural affairs programme about UK children spending less time outdoors than prisoners.
There's plenty of things that made me think about, what constitutes a prison if you experience life in such a way that being deprived of liberty does not matter that much to you, although a more extreme example of this was a prison which on final head count discovered there were two or three more people there than ought to have been and then later discovered ladders in place where they had broken into the prison.
However, that was not really what I wanted to discuss, hence posting here rather than, say, the philosophy threads.
How much time do you spend outdoors? Would you describe yourself as "outdoorsy"? If not why not?
Is it reflected in your attitudes to travel? If you like spending time outdoors is it likely you also like travelling?
Is there a relationship to extroversion or introversion? Sometimes I dont feel like going out if I think I will be going out at a time when I'm going to encounter people but its not usually linked to extroversion or introversion but whether or not I think its likely I'll have to deal with others anti-social behaviour.
There's plenty of things that made me think about, what constitutes a prison if you experience life in such a way that being deprived of liberty does not matter that much to you, although a more extreme example of this was a prison which on final head count discovered there were two or three more people there than ought to have been and then later discovered ladders in place where they had broken into the prison.
However, that was not really what I wanted to discuss, hence posting here rather than, say, the philosophy threads.
How much time do you spend outdoors? Would you describe yourself as "outdoorsy"? If not why not?
Is it reflected in your attitudes to travel? If you like spending time outdoors is it likely you also like travelling?
Is there a relationship to extroversion or introversion? Sometimes I dont feel like going out if I think I will be going out at a time when I'm going to encounter people but its not usually linked to extroversion or introversion but whether or not I think its likely I'll have to deal with others anti-social behaviour.