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Been going through it lately. Find myself venturing a couple blocks to a nearby beach, and driving past the 4wd only sign to find some solitude.

I go out there, set a timer for a hour, put my ear plugs in (earplugs are custom made for extended periods of power tool work in enclosed spaces), and stare at the shore.

I'm not figuring my life out, or trying to achieve zen. just shut down for an hour. I quit thinking, quit everything but looking, and listen to my breathing. I watch the birds come and go, searching the shore for minnows and mollusks and all in silence. Eventually my watch vibrating is enough to bring me back to it, and I go home.

My life is so loud, and busy, and constantly changing. Sometimes I think I just need a lack of noise for a while.

Anyone else?

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I like living in the city but miss nature shit so much. I gotta find the furthest bus route out of town and find a big spot of woods no one is using. Relaxing in nature is the most relaxing way to relax.

Also I just fucking LOVE exploring forests. Lived out in the sticks on a kilometer sized farm for a while and beyond the fields which kinda went up a hill was a lightly wooded peak that became denser on the other side and I built little bases by fixing up deer blinds people had left in trees or just by hauling wood up and building a shed or two to keep tools in, the deer blinds were for snack and booze storage. Had a few pop tents I got for cheap that I stashed in different sheds so I could just spend days living in the woods with what id already set up and a cooler that I'd attached to a wagon with bike wheels on it that the huskies could haul like a sled. Id sit in it and they'd run me up the hill to the woods. Fucking sucks the human situation was a nightmare cause having miles of woods to explore fucking ruled.

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