Nature makes me feel alive—why do I only go twice a year?

A man told Nasreddin, 'Every day I pass the sweetest well in the village. And every day I carry water from three streets over, arms shaking.' Nasreddin asked why. The man said, 'The far well is on my way to work. The near one is only on my way to joy.' This is the whole problem. You are not confused about what makes you feel alive. You have simply built your week so joy has to fight its way in, while obligation gets a standing invitation. Twice a year is not an accident. It is what happens to anything that has to win an argument against your calendar every single time. Doing this alone, you will keep losing that argument — you're tired, and tired people default to whatever's easiest to skip. Doing this with a pod, the argument changes shape. Other people can hold the date when you won't. That's the whole trick.