What could be more important than where you go to work?

I have always believed that environment is a key component of our day. My life was best when I was living on the beach in Leland with my wife and first son, living on approximately $15,000 per year but living in paradise. That paradise made everything seem ok, almost no matter what.

When I re-entered the work force at my old law firm, Shaved my goatee and donned dress shoes for the first time in almost six years, I wondered about how much my environment would infect who I was. As it turns out, I would be the first to admit that my environment had a pervasive effect on virtually every aspect of my life from family, to social activities, to outlook, to anxieties, to health and virtually anything else you could think of. I helped create my environment in a way which pulled the positives from the potential that exists from any situation. I jogged to and from work because we had workout facilities and showers in the basement. I never let my kids see me in a suit and tie, because I left in my jogging clothes and returned in my jogging clothes each day. But there was only so much I could do. I wish I could say that I was a strong enough person to overcome any obstacle, and simply create any environment which suited me. But I have always been susceptible to the winds of change, to the forces which sometimes quite powerfully blow me in different directions. I wonder how many other people think that their environment is such an important part of the most important issue of quality of life?