Random Thoughts On... No Ps, no anxieties!

Despite how certain people bag me out about the possibility of becoming a 21 year old without any working drivers license, I find that there are a number of benefits to my current situation.


#1 The Health Benefits


Not being able to drive anywhere means the utilization of the often-forgotten medium of transportation: walking. Need to get somewhere <8km away without any particular sense of urgency? No problem! Just walk there! Walking to your destination may just work off the heavy lunch you ate (which you tried to justify as brunch). Sure, it may be a little degrading when fit geriatrics overtake you when going up that not-so-steep hill, but act all nonchalant and as if it's only by choice that you happen to be walking at that slow pace. After all, slow and steady wins the race. 


Let's also not forget that walking to your destination may just work off that heavy lunch you ate (which you tried to justify as brunch). With summer here, you might need all the help you can get. No beached whales here! 


#2 Getting In Touch With Nature Benefits


What better way is there to get in touch with local flora and fauna than to walk? By walking, not only are you able to better appreciate hayfever-inducing pollens, but you're also able to observe which birds species have a tendency to swoop (For the record, Noisy Miners seem to be audacious enough to swoop at humans). And imagine, you can better enjoy any inaccuracies of the Bureau Of Meteorology's weather reports. Those safely-cocooned drivers may not even realise the sudden temperature drop until they arrive at their destination, but you'll know when it happened exactly. Ah, how lovely Mother Nature is. 


#3 Saving The Planet Benefits 


Any walker will be the hero of any die-hard environmentalist. I may take longer than three minute showers, and I may not recycle at all very much but at least I'm saving the environment by walking! That's right, I'm doing it in the most inefficient way possible but that's alright. Every little bit helps okay?




My sad attempt at defending my license-less self clearly fails. Furthermore, chances are that I probably won't get my Ps this break. So I'll just take the teasing like a man whenever some people may feel it's necessary to bring up. But don't worry, I will be sure to make fun of you in some other way in retaliation. :D