There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The countryside, particularly, is very good for my head.
I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.
I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps.
My wife and kids like the quiet and the countryside - I still find that kind of quiet hard to listen to.
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes a lot for me to quiet my brain and anything that requires 100% of my attention and focus I find very soothing and that is the closest I get to being content.
The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.
I think the perception of peace is what distracts most people from really having it.
I spend a lot of time wandering around the countryside just looking at people, seeing how everything fits together.
That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.
Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion.