Off Grid Time in the Woods is always -- Good Time. Disconnect to Reconnect. It is why I run my Digital Detox Series here.
Time in the woods, disconnected completely from tech and online stuff, has been actually proven to be excellent for humans and I try daily honestly, to remind people of this.
I do it myself.
It is VERY good for your overall health, it is discussed often with some clinical evidence in my series:
The above photo is me making char out of wood, in a small Altoids tin, where you put the wood, in the box, in the fire...the gases burn out of the wood, basically leaving you with char coal or cloth if you use 100% cotton.
We do this to leave a stash of easy to light / easily combustible tinder to start fires quickly and easily in the future. Always keep your bushcraft / camping kits topped up and tidy and ready to go.
In the cold, or the rain, or an emergency, this is when these things COUNT the most.
Today I was reminded of some of my time in the woods yet again by Fascistbook Memories...... just about the only thing Fedbook is good for, apart from staying in touch with a handful of people while being surveilled by the Police State.
There I am again, wearing the same shirt and headband just to the centre-left of the big blue cooler and the fire, under the shelter.
My hammock for the weekend was set up about 400 feet away, in the bush, away from the crowd we had gathered there.
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Time in the woods, disconnected completely from tech and online stuff, has been actually proven to be excellent for humans and I try daily honestly, to remind people of this.
I do it myself.
It is VERY good for your overall health, it is discussed often with some clinical evidence in my series:
The above photo is me making char out of wood, in a small Altoids tin, where you put the wood, in the box, in the fire...the gases burn out of the wood, basically leaving you with char coal or cloth if you use 100% cotton.
We do this to leave a stash of easy to light / easily combustible tinder to start fires quickly and easily in the future. Always keep your bushcraft / camping kits topped up and tidy and ready to go.
In the cold, or the rain, or an emergency, this is when these things COUNT the most.
Today I was reminded of some of my time in the woods yet again by Fascistbook Memories...... just about the only thing Fedbook is good for, apart from staying in touch with a handful of people while being surveilled by the Police State.
There I am again, wearing the same shirt and headband just to the centre-left of the big blue cooler and the fire, under the shelter.
My hammock for the weekend was set up about 400 feet away, in the bush, away from the crowd we had gathered there.
Thanks for reading, have a nice day.
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Really love that 3rd image about not having a better connection in the forest. Lately, I've been experiencing a lot more desire to be outdoors since I spend so much time in front of computers. Also, love the first image. I thought you were making charred cloth, but I wasn't too far off 😎 Keep it coming! I'm going to follow you now.
I had made a pile of char cloth that year, this weekend, I think I made about 25 tins of char / wood here, gave some to one of the youths with our camp that weekend.
They are all in air tight containers still, keeping the moisture out!!
And some in my fire kit always too.
Followed back.
I see you are new on here!!!!!
Welcome to Steemit!!
If you check your Rep. score, you commented here and were at 25.
I gave you a full power UV / upvote and look at that jump...... now, you are at 34!!!!!
(:
I always try and help new people here, that is one real good way we can help each other.
Wow! Thank you so much! How do you give full power upvotes?
When you get a little further along, you will see a vote slider appear and you can control 1 to 100% voting / every time if you like.
Right now, all the minnow votes for smaller accts only have full power UV.
I have had help along the way, we should help each other here and I always remember it and am thankful.
Thank you for the guidance :) I'm sure I'll get the hang of things as we go. I look forward to seeing more of your posts. Thank you again for taking the time and the full power UV.
Look up #Steemit101 or Steemit 101 on here, it will help you. Some stuff I have put together over the last 11 mths here and there -- it is not always easy to find due to the search engine here.
You are welcome my friend.
You are welcome my friend. I put up about 4 posts a day here on average so you will see me around
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Love it! A couple weeks ago I decided to unplug from social media and it was invigorating to say the least. I think people get addicted to it in a way that is very unhealthy. Less screen time, more green time is good for anybody!
Dude, I honestly was giving thought to you an hour ago, when I put the post up and was offline for a few mins. Honestly.
I just gave you a full power UV on here also, like the other fellow, it helps the rep scores, we need to get you to 50 pronto LOL
Thanks man! Yeah it has been slow goin lately. Trying to get my business out of the red and keep a social media presence is more work than I could have ever imagined.
I was happy when I saw your name on here.
Crypto meets the woods
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It's very true.
Frankly I am about 30 weeks/episodes into my #DigitalDetox series I mention here and the things I have continued to learn about tech addiction etc etc has been astonishing from a clinical / societal / psychology etc POV.
https://twitter.com/BarryDutton/status/887455739673030657
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I'm never very connected to the tech or the web except when I sit down in front of my computer at night. I don't have any mobile devices except a basic flipphone, and I don't carry that on me unless I'm expecting an important phone call or travelling on the road. I value my disconnected time. I grew up in a time where cellphones did not exist and computers were room sized. I was an adult when the Atari 2600 came out. I don't mind not being part of the Borg collective.
I had to come back and give this an UV, it was a really good comment!!
so many great lines by you in there, it was hard to pick just one sister.
I do it all the time even by myself, I just get the urge that its time to go for an adventure in the woods and do it. I spend a lot of time in nature! Some people don't understand why I have to dissapear once in a while lol
Teach them!!!!!!!!!!
I am glad you get away, that is for sure.
#Bushcraft
#Recharge
#OffGrid
In your photo you look like Sean Penn, dude!
I did a post months ago here about that actually.
If you search my user name here + Sean Penn you will find it, it is pretty funny with some side by sides of us both.
Technology breaks are super important @barrydutton... always glad to see you recommend them to folks.
I think we spend WAY to much time being connected to our technology, these days. Even if all I can get around to doing is yardwork, I still unplug a little every day. And if it's raining, I'll do something creative/artistic that's AWAY from the tech. And no, the phone is nowhere in sight!
I approach each day much the same actually. I say enough of this, regularly each day, 2-3x and get away from it all period.
I also try to stick to my 10 pm / offline time each nite as well.
It is always nice to hear from you man.
I do my best to remind people about this stuff every week in my own way.
Totally agree. I spend my working life in front of a computer screen.
Luckily I work from home and even more luckily we have our own small woodland so my screen breaks become tree breaks. On a sunny day there really is no better way to chill down then just sitting silently amongst the trees. Gradually you begin to hear more and see more of every little part of nature around you.
Tree time is Me time 😊
Best line of the day on here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Followed!
Thank you.
so important to disconnect and be in nature and this is a fun post! I do this regularly but for a day at a time, hopefully soon I can do it for longer. Anyway, thanks once again for your enjoyable posts!
It is my pleasure, thanks for taking time for me today.
I like your post very good friend, keep going
Thanks for taking time for me today.