RETHINKING THE FUN FRAMEWORK

I follow a lady from Christchurch on social media who has just started tramping. She recently posted an Instagram story in which, between puffy breaths chugging up a peak, she questioned why she keeps doing this when it's so hard.

I responded: “It's because you're a Type 2 fun addict now. Welcome to the madness.”

You'll likely be aware of the distinction between Type 1 and Type 2 fun, and if you haven't heard of this construct before, as a reader you're guaranteed to identify with it. The idea was proposed by Rainer Newberry, a geology professor