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I was unemployed for a good stretch last summer/fall and would go hiking, backpacking or camping in the Sierra Nevadas almost every week. After the third trip
by ericmcer 3y ago
I was unemployed for a good stretch last summer/fall and would go hiking, backpacking or camping in the Sierra Nevadas almost every week.
After the third trip in a month, walking among granite cliffs and alpine lakes I realized that I wasn't feeling much awe. To have those profound breathtaking moments in nature you need the contrast of months in civilization sitting on a computer. Same thing with special moments with loved ones, or anything that seems profound and makes you think "I should be doing this all the time".
- trey-jones 3y agoExactly my thoughts. Participating in the rat race is a choice. All these things described can be experience in our world today. If you choose to do so. I would recommend it.
- nkjnlknlk 3y agoA charitable reading of the text would be that the argument isn't to exclusively do these things. Just that one should make more time for them. If that call does not apply to you it does not apply to you. It's not a particularly deep or novel thought any way.
- ROTMetro 3y agoI am so glad Teddy Roosevelt spent so much time in civilization on computers or we might not have had a National Park system.