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Silver Alicorn posted:ff into the wilds fun fact: I spent 3 summers living for 6 consecutive months entirely in the woods, 20+ miles from a road/internet/cell phone/whatever. it's the only time i havent been depressed. ama.
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Jonny 290 posted:did you do prep to have your IRL obligations sorted out so that you weren't stressing about them and such, or did you just say 'gently caress it' i was 19, 20, and 21 and had no obligations so it was pretty easy to just say gently caress it. sometimes i daydream about going back and doing it again. i think i could probably pull it off but i don't have kids and any real responsibilities.
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i did trail work in yosemite for those curious. it's a really awesome gig. you set up a camp in a backcountry location and live there for the summer. food / mail gets packed in on mules. the work is extremely physically demanding but generally very rewarding. and living with a small crew of 16 people is a pretty cool experience. additionally i was working with a program that took 18-25 year olds and put them on a trail crew for the summer. so you get a bunch of inner city kids + some college kids and they live together in the woods for 6 months and you teach them how to do trail work and how to get along. best thing i've ever done. way better than this stupid computer crap. but i wanted to be intellectually stimulated  .
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i really cannot understate how much happier i was living outside, doing manual labor, and working closely with a small community of people (good and bad). it felt like i was inhabiting a different brain. part of it was probably the constant exercise and relatively healthy diet. but i think a lot also had to do with the simplicity of that lifestyle: my entire life revolved around work and the people on my crew. it was very much a living in the moment thing. here's a video from one of my crews (i'm the guy from my av): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z4AoB6VHm0
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Roosevelt posted:apply sunscreen
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Bloody posted:this smoke fuckin sucks!!! cheech and chong reboot looks lovely imo
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Gazpacho posted:bomp yeah i really don't enjoy the big parks, honestly. they're beautiful but full of people and really not a good place to have an enjoyable wilderness experience. there are places nearly as beautiful without the crowds. (yosemite tip: spend at most 2 days in yosemite, and then head to king's canyon).
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strongly considering renting or buying a really cheap place out in the sticks and just doing whatever for a while or maybe going back to work for the park service
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will be camping in my apartment this week for 2-5 days, possibly more.
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saying hi from a timeline where i have realized that stymie is, and has always been, right.
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i think we're actually doing it. my girlfriend is going back to work for the conservation corps. i have been jobless for a while now (consumer debt number go up) and have no intention of taking another full time professional computer touching job, i will follow her and either go back to work for the ccc or the park service or figure out how to use my computer skills for things that are somewhat socially valuable.
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Jun 6, 2019 16:46
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thanks despite the debt im the happiest ive ever been and feeling stable secure and confident for the first time. feeling really lucky i did all this outdoor work when i was younger. hope you all find something that makes u happy
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Illusive gently caress Man posted:Imo there's a lot of social value in accepting a large salary funded by techbub and then not doing anything productive. at least that's how I justify it to myself i wont pretend that i'm doing anything special, i'm privileged to be able to leave tech behind and wander a
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