Hi fellow Hiveians,

Today I wanted to talk about how we need to spend time outside, at least my body does!

Nature Heals

For some reason, I've been on a little bit of a grumpy kick. I don't really know why but one of the potential reasons was that I needed to get my ass out in nature!

We are at that weird part of the winter season - it's bright out but it's cold or rainy or just crap out. That means that it's not the best weather to be outside in so we spend a lot more time indoors. Combine that with a little bit of a hectic work schedule and you have a recipe for getting a little stir crazy in the house.

I was a little grump the other day, partially arguing with my son for things that I really shouldn't have been and it was the time of the day where we were determined to get out there, particularly because the weather was pretty decent, in the low 50's which I know is cold for some.. but here it's pretty comfortable considering the cold we had before! So we spent time outside, walking around and spending time in nature. What happened to the grump? Gone!

I tend to get in these situations for myself, where I am in need of nature and outdoor activity but for whatever reason, it's not something that I'm able to achieve for a little bit. My body reminds me though and I have to listen to it more than I am right now hahaha. I had an urge to get out in the fresh air and walk around even if the weather wasn't great, so I ignored that and my son was also a little annoyed, because he's cut from the same cloth. He gets stir crazy in the house!

So we finally go for the walk and it was great, the grumpiness by the end was gone and the small things didn't bother me anymore that day and the following day or two. I think that means my body is ready for the spring and the increased time outdoors. For me, the challenging times in winter are the ones where it's cold, rainy and shitty out. There's no snow on the ground anymore so you can't even go snow shoeing or something, you're just inside cleaning the house and shit lol.

Thankfully the house was already getting cleaned the day we were going out, so a big portion of it was done. We finished up the rest and broke out of the madness. It was nice walking around, looking at the slowly budding trees all around. Some weeds were even sprouting leaves which was surprising but those fuckers are aggressive, so it makes sense the shits are out. We even got to see some flowers! Two or three days after we saw the nearly done flower, we drove past and it was finally budded!

I know that more of societies problems could be alleviated, decreased or entirely resolved by people getting out into nature more, even by trees in a city. There was a study done by some group about urban sprawl and the negative consequences that occurred when neighborhoods had no trees. Not only was the temperature higher, we are programmed to need to be around trees to function better. The crime rate was statistically significantly higher in the places that had no trees. They added trees to a neighborhood that didn't have them and crime went down.

This means that I need to get my ass outside more LOL no crimes were going to be committed but I could certainly tell that people were suffering because of my lame ass attitude. Sometimes we can't help it, but for this nature absolutely was the recipe I needed.

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