I’ve decided that holiday season is best left underexamined and perhaps can be summed in a single heuristic.

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Before you dismiss the existence Santa, remember: between quantum physics, neuroscience, cultural theory, behavioural psychology, moral psychology and basic supply and demand, you don’t really have a leg to stand on.

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Life is so much shorter than you realise, and if you're not paying attention, you'll miss the life you have.

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As promised, as a city boy, I wanted to talk to people who are living, in many respects, opposite lives to me, and get a sense of whether or not my commitment to the metropolis is a flawed one. So today I am talking to the spectacular Holly Callahan-Kasmala and Chrisie DiCarlo, the world’s most prominent and decorated poultry based social influencers, also known as the Chicken ladies. And within about 30 seconds of meeting these two, I was wowed by their sheer existential joy.

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Like moths to a flame, cities have always attempted to seduce us with bright lights. And within the bustling neon canopy of the metropolis they offer us opportunities, activities, amenities, in exchange for barred windows, a lung full of noxious gases and crippling housing bills. Like many of my cohort, is it time to leave?

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Kid's brain's work differently. This might have a lot of advantages.

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Time after time, we think something that happens to us is going to be the end of the world. Time after time we get it wrong.

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ONE THING WE HAVE IN COMMON: Is that we are all doing our best with archaic brains in a chaotic world.

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