Emba
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So i was reading my newsfeed of random survival stuff and found a article about,
(THERE is the usual herd animals humanity shit early in the article. That pisses me off! =#4!)
And i was like, so THAT is why i was ok with my MANY DECADES OF extreme physical isolation. (And feel horrible NOW even though my life is cozier and nicer...)
I lived in the deep woods and my nearest "neighbors" were anywhere from 2 to 10 miles away. Most of my best places where around 10 miles away from anyone. For many decades!
So anyway, i will go through this list of 10 things the article suggest and say my way of it then will link the article below.
1 Stay busy...
Since i was living in the woods everything was a chore. Thirsty? Go to the river. Hungry? Go to town. Poor? Do some day labor or get a (ft, but mostly pt) job! So yeah. I kept busy.
2 routine...
While it wasn't like a modern thing, i did have a routine. Go get water for coffee. Make a fire to boil it... Do stuff according to when it's open. Like library day.... Coffee in town day...
3 sleep
I slept really good and had good dreams. But sometimes i stayed up late listening to the radio. Mostly i slept early and got up early to deal with stuff in daylight. Because walking around a stealth ninja camp with a lot of light is a good way to get hassles.
4 "red flags"
Basically, avoid shituations that "make you feel bad." I guess today this would mean MOGGING. But for me it meant avoiding jerks and scumbags. Basically i couldn't trust anyone to KNOW WHERE i was camped. Or, to even know THAT i was a camper. At the time i did a lot of carpentery for rich fuckers. I hated the fact that i was leaning on trees to shit (in the snow) while building structures for the rich to have warmth in.... But i did it because money.
5 mindfulness....
Basically do one thing at a time... Sometimes my camps were near busy roads and i had a "certain way" of making and invisible trail to my camp. That required carrying my bike and walking carefully over certain camo items in the trail. Grass mud sticks etc... Often i lived on cliffs that required climbing to access... Got to really be in the moment to just get THERE safely.
6 stay active...
Yeah. All the above is active stuff.
7 vitamin d
As a OUT side dude i got a lot of sun... I felt great back then. (Even though i should have felt bad)
8 eat good...
While i did eat a lot of streaks and tata vegetables... I ate a lot of pasta and canned stuff.... But i sometimes took vitamins... Or ate at restaurant if i was working at one... As a dishwasher. No cook stress for me thanks. Also hard to stay clean with cooking grease splatters...
9 journaling... Diary...
I sometimes had a calendar that i wrote stuff on. Like went to town. Saw ..... In town. Library day. Laundry. Just stuff i did that day on my physical calendar.
10 read books.
Oh yeah. I readed a lot of the books. Library cards and all that.
So anyway. I hardly do much of that shit anymore since i have rent place to live. Not active. Lazy. Etc... No wonder i feel like shit.
Anyway heres the article...
Preserving Your Mental Health in Isolation.
(THERE is the usual herd animals humanity shit early in the article. That pisses me off! =#4!)
And i was like, so THAT is why i was ok with my MANY DECADES OF extreme physical isolation. (And feel horrible NOW even though my life is cozier and nicer...)
I lived in the deep woods and my nearest "neighbors" were anywhere from 2 to 10 miles away. Most of my best places where around 10 miles away from anyone. For many decades!
So anyway, i will go through this list of 10 things the article suggest and say my way of it then will link the article below.
1 Stay busy...
Since i was living in the woods everything was a chore. Thirsty? Go to the river. Hungry? Go to town. Poor? Do some day labor or get a (ft, but mostly pt) job! So yeah. I kept busy.
2 routine...
While it wasn't like a modern thing, i did have a routine. Go get water for coffee. Make a fire to boil it... Do stuff according to when it's open. Like library day.... Coffee in town day...
3 sleep
I slept really good and had good dreams. But sometimes i stayed up late listening to the radio. Mostly i slept early and got up early to deal with stuff in daylight. Because walking around a stealth ninja camp with a lot of light is a good way to get hassles.
4 "red flags"
Basically, avoid shituations that "make you feel bad." I guess today this would mean MOGGING. But for me it meant avoiding jerks and scumbags. Basically i couldn't trust anyone to KNOW WHERE i was camped. Or, to even know THAT i was a camper. At the time i did a lot of carpentery for rich fuckers. I hated the fact that i was leaning on trees to shit (in the snow) while building structures for the rich to have warmth in.... But i did it because money.
5 mindfulness....
Basically do one thing at a time... Sometimes my camps were near busy roads and i had a "certain way" of making and invisible trail to my camp. That required carrying my bike and walking carefully over certain camo items in the trail. Grass mud sticks etc... Often i lived on cliffs that required climbing to access... Got to really be in the moment to just get THERE safely.
6 stay active...
Yeah. All the above is active stuff.
7 vitamin d
As a OUT side dude i got a lot of sun... I felt great back then. (Even though i should have felt bad)
8 eat good...
While i did eat a lot of streaks and tata vegetables... I ate a lot of pasta and canned stuff.... But i sometimes took vitamins... Or ate at restaurant if i was working at one... As a dishwasher. No cook stress for me thanks. Also hard to stay clean with cooking grease splatters...
9 journaling... Diary...
I sometimes had a calendar that i wrote stuff on. Like went to town. Saw ..... In town. Library day. Laundry. Just stuff i did that day on my physical calendar.
10 read books.
Oh yeah. I readed a lot of the books. Library cards and all that.
So anyway. I hardly do much of that shit anymore since i have rent place to live. Not active. Lazy. Etc... No wonder i feel like shit.
Anyway heres the article...
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