Apocalyptic Homesteading (Day 668)
Hello Everyone!
Slowly waking, Ye old hobbies, The value of sufficient space, Off-trail hiking & Collecting persimmon seeds!
I am up long before sunrise this morning and am feeling somewhat moody after a long night of heavy dreaming but I am sure it will eventually pass once I wake up all the way. Waking up fully sure seems to be a slow process today so I am not pushing myself all that hard to do it even though I keep sipping espresso and nudging my mind towards wakefulness.
Oddly enough, when I first awoke I kept thinking about how long it has been since I lived in a 'real' house with all the conveniences, comforts and accommodations that such a dwelling entails. All of which lead me to thinking on how at this point I have adapted well enough but have also wholly dropped most of my hobbies that require any kind of space like sewing, drawing and tinkering with electronics to name a few.
By and large it seems like over the years I have had to 'slim down' on many of the activities that I enjoy and between said lack of space and all the inadequate storage... I have pretty much given up on pursuing them. Of course the writing has taken the place of damn near every other hobby besides hiking, reading and occasionally gaming online and I have to ask myself: To what end?
The thing is that I genuinely miss doing a lot of my other hobbies and although I keep lugging around the stuff I need for them I have to wonder why I bother knowing full well that I lack the space for them in my life. I keep telling myself that it is worth it and each time I reach a new place I am like: I will be able to create the space that I need this time!
Sadly that has yet to actually occur and instead I simply grow less interested in pursuing said hobbies just so the 'lack of space' does not cause me more frustration by dwelling on it all. I should avoid mentioning how frustrating it has been over the years coping with all the inadequate storage, having stuff get ruined and of course the general cluster-fuck of having too much stuff in too small of a space!
Call me 'ambitious' but I always have in my mind the idea that I can create some shop space and some studio space but truth be told I seem to wind up having to move before I can even reach that phase of things. Well, I should say 'before I can finish that phase' because yeah I have worked towards doing so several times now without ever reaching completion.
Alright, I best derail myself from that line of thought before I lose my point that regardless of all that jazz I have yet to give up on my hobbies, interests and passions and lugging a bunch of gear around with me is a worthy price to pay... for not giving up! Life after all is about doing the things I love to do regardless of their inconvenience or lack of a financial return... because... wait for it... they bring me enjoyment and yup that is exactly what hobbies are for!
Okay, it is now late in the evening and I have been zoning out ever since sunset and delaying the writing longer than I usually do. Part of it is that I am just tired and part of it is that I have been trying not to pressure myself too much on when I work on these entries.
The day was overall a productive one and I even got out in the bush and did a fair amount of hiking which was very relaxing. It being the time of year that the snakes are most active I was extra cautious and I more or less 'eased along' through the woods at a very slow pace.
On a different note. I never got to have a fire like I was hoping for because the wind picked up early in the day (much like it did yesterday) and it kept up a brisk breeze with occasionally strong gusts well into late afternoon. Of course with all the wind more branches fell so I yet again had to collect a bunch of them from around the dog yard and add them to the fire-pit.
Another thing that I did was gather up some of the persimmon seeds that were left in the roads by the critters. In hindsight I think that I should have been gathering them up every time that I saw them because doing it this late (after the fruits are basically gone and it has rained a bunch) there did not seem to be all that many of them.
Well, this entry is going to have to do because I am fading fast and want to get the editing and posting done before I fall asleep at the helm here! I hope that everyone is doing well and has a nice day/night.
https://peakd.com/c/hive-114308/created
Congratulations @jacobpeacock! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain and have been rewarded with new badge(s):
Your next target is to reach 1400 posts.
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPTo support your work, I also upvoted your post!
Check out the last post from @hivebuzz: