Quit Winter! I'm Living My Best Life in Shorts Year-Round!

Don't experience winter for a few years, Don't experience winter for a few years, you realize with tremendous clarity you realize with tremendous clarity you realize with tremendous clarity that you did mind winter, that you did that you did mind winter, that you did that you did mind winter, that you did not like it. A meaningful percentage of not like it. A meaningful percentage of not like it. A meaningful percentage of my mental energy was just going towards my mental energy was just going towards my mental energy was just going towards tolerating the [ __ ] weather for months tolerating the [ __ ] weather for months tolerating the [ __ ] weather for months at a time. For me that realization is at a time. For me that realization is at a time. For me that realization is the reason I can't afford to go back the reason I can't afford to go back the reason I can't afford to go back psychologically, no way. City's alive at psychologically, no way. City's alive at psychologically, no way. City's alive at 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. People on 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. People on 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. People on the street, food being cooked, coffee the street, food being cooked, coffee the street, food being cooked, coffee being served, life in motion, you know? being served, life in motion, you know? being served, life in motion, you know? It's not something that I could give up It's not something that I could give up It's not something that I could give up 365 days a year. I love to come down 365 days a year. I love to come down 365 days a year. I love to come down here downtown and wear shorts all year, here downtown and wear shorts all year, here downtown and wear shorts all year, flip flops, whatever, no layers, no flip flops, whatever, no layers, no flip flops, whatever, no layers, no mental preparation that the cold weather mental preparation that the cold weather mental preparation that the cold weather demands. demands. demands. Uh I don't spend every morning stuffing Uh I don't spend every morning stuffing Uh I don't spend every morning stuffing my kids into snowsuits. my kids into snowsuits. my kids into snowsuits. I'm not going to. [ __ ] You I'm not going to. [ __ ] You I'm not going to. [ __ ] You don't actually have to live somewhere don't actually have to live somewhere don't actually have to live somewhere your whole life just cuz you're born your whole life just cuz you're born your whole life just cuz you're born there. You know, in case nobody there. You know, in case nobody there. You know, in case nobody mentioned it to you, you don't have to mentioned it to you, you don't have to mentioned it to you, you don't have to put up with winters. put up with winters. put up with winters. Your address and postal code at birth Your address and postal code at birth Your address and postal code at birth does not matter. Hey, Thailand. They're does not matter. Hey, Thailand. They're does not matter. Hey, Thailand. They're all full of [ __ ] you know? And in the all full of [ __ ] you know? And in the all full of [ __ ] you know? And in the past decade past decade past decade North America has become a genuinely North America has become a genuinely North America has become a genuinely exhausting place to live if you have exhausting place to live if you have exhausting place to live if you have ears and eyes and coworkers and ears and eyes and coworkers and ears and eyes and coworkers and neighbors and uncles and aunties neighbors and uncles and aunties neighbors and uncles and aunties uh that talk at the holiday meals, uh that talk at the holiday meals, uh that talk at the holiday meals, especially after a few drinks. I'm especially after a few drinks. I'm especially after a few drinks. I'm talking about the ambient noise of talking about the ambient noise of talking about the ambient noise of living in a society so comprehensively living in a society so comprehensively living in a society so comprehensively and bitterly divided and bitterly divided and bitterly divided that it filters into almost every single that it filters into almost every single that it filters into almost every single part of your daily life, right?

part of your daily life, right? part of your daily life, right? Your social media, your colleagues,