http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/08/working-hands-happiness-burkeman

i remember reading this article a few years ago and thinking their may be some grain of truth in it, i even fleetingly considered quitting my job and taking up some sort of manual labour then i glanced outside, saw it was fucking it down with rain and thought better of it

anecdotally my mate works in the forest industry in finland and is one of the happiest and most fulfilled people i know despite not making a lot of cash