I was on a ski lift when it stopped and the chair had enough flex that it dropped 4 feet. In response, another passengers on the lift exclaimed, “I like when the chairlift drops and turbulence on a plane. It feels like a roller coaster.”

This statement was so foreign to me I half expected the next sentence to be a confession that butter made everything worse.

Fast forward a few days and I find myself on a plane. Not only that but the plane was experiencing turbulence. So I tried to enjoy it. It didn’t work entirely to eliminate all discomfort but it was a fun thought experiment to try.