Non-facetious question: will kayaking bring them meaning in life?
I’m a little burnt out on these articles that talk about work life balance, 4 day work weeks, UBI. Not working isn’t going to bring you meaning in life, it’ll probably make you more sedentary and feel more isolated from the world (or at least it does for me).
Not physically sedentary, but for velocity of life, yes. How is life any different after you go kayaking? You haven't learned any new ideas, or built anything, or improved some skill.
That's not to say that kayaking has zero value, but I find it hard to imagine someone saying "I was in a really hard spot in life, but then I went kayaking and it changed everything".
I find it a lot easier to imagine someone saying "I built a chrome extension as a side project and there's a small community that loves it. It brings me a lot of pride to hear from them in the Discord that it's really helping them"
People do that all of the time. They get wrapped up in their workaday lives and go on vacation or into the wilderness and suddenly see a bigger picture view of the world and that changes things. Kayaking is one venue for that. Nature is not something to be avoided in favor of even more technology.
I’m a little burnt out on these articles that talk about work life balance, 4 day work weeks, UBI. Not working isn’t going to bring you meaning in life, it’ll probably make you more sedentary and feel more isolated from the world (or at least it does for me).