I agree, mental resetting, or mental recess! Even if you’re not working, this applies. ?

I can imagine you’re collecting experience and ideas fast now. In that situation I always need a messaging plan to keep things straight.

Riding is an excellent escape. I read a lot about not escaping but I see no downside to it. Rationalization perhaps. Maybe someday the desire to “escape” will diminish. Escape probably isn’t the right word. Maybe it’s more of a mental resetting.

Riding is definitely an escape from the ‘real’ world, whatever that might be for you, and never a competition, at least for me. It is the antidote for competition, actually.

Good luck finding your replacement, and although that is a very strange thing to experience, it will hopefully be rewarding as well, in the end.

I’ve wondered the same about blood pressure. Would be easy enough to test. I think the scooter makes it far easier to stop and look around. A stopped car seems suspicious I think. A stopped scooter isn’t threatening at all. Or so I like to believe!

Thanks for sharing here.

I think you’re right about changing up the commuting routes as a way to keep things interesting. There are times when I fall into the A to B as fast as possible riding. Not much aside from transport to gain there…

Hello Laurent.

Your videos of riding through the French countryside are lovely. The red scooter just adds to what appears to be early morning rides. Your landscape is much flatter than where I ride but I find the open fields with patches of trees intriguing. Easy to understand the boost to morale!

Merci de partager les vidéos.

I have to say that when I have a little to much mentally on my plate a ride out on the Vespa really does help clear the fog from my mind, I would like to do a test to scientifically see if it may well reduce blood preasure or some other kind of bodily stresses……I’m sure it does.
Getting off here and there is important to do……just to stop and soak it all up, when you pull over and capture your Mount Nittany in the back drop that smells relaxing.
Good thoughts shared Steve.
Regards
LEN

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Writing was once a chore for me as well. After over 1100 posts I’ve found a rhythm.

I understand the things you describe that pile up to limit riding and just about anything else. I hope you find the time soon to explore the range of riding options.