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Anon's friend is Buddhist (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 55 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I bet his friend is never worried about stupid shit.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I'd be worried about rats nibbling my nutsack while I sleep on the floor of an abandoned factory.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    That is a basic survival worry. I tend to believe that humans faced with real survival issues are less negatively impacted than those who have material worries.

    My stress about work is killing me.

    My stress about not freezing to death leads me to do things like chopping wood, lighting fires, and maintaining my chimney. Which are all good things.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    My wife doesn’t love multi day backpacking. But she loves the glimpse of how I am and how we are - during that time.

    Our priorities - Stay warm, stay dry, fetch and purify water, hike the right distances to get out with food in hand, packing and unpacking our gear, avoid dangerous wildlife, cook, sleep.

    When every day that’s your goal state it’s super simple - stress is actually just a response to things that might kill you again. And not 20 steps away from it. “I might perform poorly, my clothes might not be appropriate for the job, I’m running 3 minutes behind - which may cost me my job, which could be long term, and financially we won’t recover, and then we might lose the house or starve”. Up against “I need water and dry clothes”.

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