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I think Dads are happier after doing more chores because Moms are happier when Dads are doing more chores, unhappier when they're doing less. Dads' happiness in doing chores comes from marital harmony.

This entry cross references this study, which supports that.

http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/24/1/51.abstract

I have a mixed on this feeling. I travel a lot for work, and so the time I spend on planes I am out of reach. I also don't use internet when I'm in airports unless there is some extreme need to.

Recently I was in the Pacific and I chose not to turn on my blackberry. Internet coverage was very expensive. I did not attempt to go online for the first 36 hours that I was there. Then, I only went online for about an hour a day. I absolutely needed to send work emails.

Eventually I bought a local phone because I needed local contacts to call me.

As weeks went on, I needed to be online for several more hours a day to send more and more work emails. But, it was a gradual build up--at first I was doing most of my work in person.

I get a mixed feeling with this because, while I like the unplugged feeling at first, and so I engage in it--maybe for the 72 hours it takes me to fly from the East Coast to the Pacific and settle in for a few days--eventually I start itching for contact. I start itching for my local news instead of the print dailies and foreign world news channel.

But then when I get back online I find it a frivolous waste of time. I want to get my emailing and skyping of loved ones done and then sign off as soon as possible. I want to look at my new surroundings and experience them as much as possible.

Also, when I come back, the internet keeps me further jet lagged. I don't own or watch TV but, I know I would go to bed earlier and not just say "oh its jet lagged" if I wasn't needlessly "catching up" on internet.

As soon as I close the laptop and start to journal I fall asleep. Now why couldn't I have done that before?

I get to travel to many remote, off the grid places, and it makes me appreciate that and to consider how plugged in I am. Being plugged in makes me productive. But I do like to slow down. Its a mix.

Really nice job.

I don't know what all the fuss is about. No one writes in and says "I am from Chicago and I think you are really overgeneralizing about Chicago."

Having lived in Delhi I tend to agree that people like to keep their apartments darker/the windows closed off, both to block noise and to block the light in the hopes of keeping it cool. This is why the stones in the home are usually marble--they are freezing in the unheated winter months but if you don't open the windows they won't heat up from the sun.

On the other hand if you like open windows this is a problem. Another reason people keep the windows closed in Delhi is the pollution. Yes yes New York is also polluted. No one would accuse anyone of being anti-American for saying LA is polluted or some such.

Relax people.

And who cares if she painted the wood? She wanted white wood. Big deal. This whole site is one big repaint and refinish after another.

Finally, I don't get the comments about wanting this person to use more of a local style. In the first place, houses are all about individuality, which may have nothing to do with local surrounds. In the second places, moving is difficult, and one way that I transition myself is to control my inner space--my home--because I can't control my outer space. And finally, the author says it herself: life is extremely hectic in Delhi, with many people, animals, sights, sounds, smells, and colors. Can you fault her for wanting more peace at home?

That's not really fair.

As for her aesthetic, I think its lovely.

Love the modern take on a traditional clock.

Much funner than my boring black trays!

I would hide socks for when my feet get cold in the middle of the night!

Elegant and fun.