Comments on: We’ve never had it so good http://www.francethisway.com/wp/weve-never-had-it-so-good/2008/12/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pete, FrogBlogger http://www.francethisway.com/wp/weve-never-had-it-so-good/2008/12/comment-page-1/#comment-15296 Pete, FrogBlogger Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:03:59 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=453#comment-15296 Having just returned to France from the best part of a year in the Land of Smiles (Thailand), I'm hoping their general philosophy of life will have rubbed off on me... for a while at least (until those sécu contributions start to bite). Over there it's a 'live for now, why worry about those things you cannot change' culture. I was incredibly impressed by the positive outlook on life of those with next to nothing, compared to the average Westerner. Two weeks back, and the stress levels and general dissatisfaction with one's lot is already apparent, even in my area of rural France. The contrast couldn't be greater. Still I'm back here until June come what may with respect to depression/recession, plummeting value of sterling etc etc, so que sera sera and all that, and a Bonne Année 2009! Having just returned to France from the best part of a year in the Land of Smiles (Thailand), I’m hoping their general philosophy of life will have rubbed off on me… for a while at least (until those sécu contributions start to bite). Over there it’s a ‘live for now, why worry about those things you cannot change’ culture.

I was incredibly impressed by the positive outlook on life of those with next to nothing, compared to the average Westerner. Two weeks back, and the stress levels and general dissatisfaction with one’s lot is already apparent, even in my area of rural France. The contrast couldn’t be greater.

Still I’m back here until June come what may with respect to depression/recession, plummeting value of sterling etc etc, so que sera sera and all that, and a Bonne Année 2009!

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