Seat of Power

Finished reading Hugh Mackay's "What Makes Us Tick?" Very interesting book, recommended reading for anyone who is interested in why we (and the people around us) do the things we do. I'm not going to do a full review of the book right at this moment, but there was one section which I found interesting.

One of Hugh's ten "things that drive us" is the desire for My Place. Not necessarily a home, it could be a favourite couch, a park bench, or the sense of power in the driver's seat of a car.

Ding!

That was where I connected. Maybe it's just one of my many quirks, but one of my favourite time-wasting pastimes when I'm all alone, with nothing to do (i.e. working away from home!) is driving aimlessly around the Australian countryside. I'm not even actually going anywhere. Today I drove the 1.5 hours to Newcastle and back. Oh, and I had a pie.

Now I have a sore back from sitting in a car seat for hours on end.