After forgetting to charge my headphones one time too many I've gone back to not using them at the gym anymore. I'm really trying to shed pretty much everything in my life that's there to distract me from whatever else it is I'm doing. Some things are harder than others.
I can never even listen to music at the gym. But in the morning, I find the forest doesn't distract me from my thoughts. I know the trails too well. Yesterday, I saw a red-shouldered hawk getting mobbed by crows, but most days I'm lucky to see a blue jay fly by. The Pinelands are very homogenous. So a podcast keeps me from agonizing over stupid things.
I watched Agnés Varda's "One Sings, the Other Doesn't" on your recommendation and loved it. I almost stopped watching when I saw the opening scene about Suzanne needing an illegal abortion- I was coincidentally watching it the night before the 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade. I'm glad I kept watching because instead of being depressing like I thought it was going to be, it was actually really uplifting.
and I love the idea of "forest bathing". I first read the term in the book "Rules for Visiting" (Jessica Kane)- a beautiful novel about friendship and trees. :-)
After forgetting to charge my headphones one time too many I've gone back to not using them at the gym anymore. I'm really trying to shed pretty much everything in my life that's there to distract me from whatever else it is I'm doing. Some things are harder than others.
I can never even listen to music at the gym. But in the morning, I find the forest doesn't distract me from my thoughts. I know the trails too well. Yesterday, I saw a red-shouldered hawk getting mobbed by crows, but most days I'm lucky to see a blue jay fly by. The Pinelands are very homogenous. So a podcast keeps me from agonizing over stupid things.
I watched Agnés Varda's "One Sings, the Other Doesn't" on your recommendation and loved it. I almost stopped watching when I saw the opening scene about Suzanne needing an illegal abortion- I was coincidentally watching it the night before the 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade. I'm glad I kept watching because instead of being depressing like I thought it was going to be, it was actually really uplifting.
and I love the idea of "forest bathing". I first read the term in the book "Rules for Visiting" (Jessica Kane)- a beautiful novel about friendship and trees. :-)
That movie is a gem, isn't it? About friendship and solidarity and becoming yourself, and so much more.
I thought forest bathing was a joke but it works on my mood every time. I'll add that book to my list. Thank you.
I like it. Interesting topics and well written.
Thank you, Patrick!