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That's awesome... There's something about nature that has such a great recharging effect. I have a lot of friends that keep telling me how burnt out they are. I've told them to take a day trip or a long weekend out of town. They don't seem very keen on it though... most of them just want to stay home and do nothing. When I was burnt out at my previous job, going out of town actually really helped me a great deal. Couldn't explain why that was... but I was in a MUCH better mood when I returned. Two things I've always wanted to do was rent a cabin on a lake somewhere... cookout and just kinda enjoy nature. The other was to go back to Lake Placid in the Fall and stay at Whiteface Lodge. So far... none of my friends are interested. They all want to go to Vegas... =P Seriously... how can you say no to place like this: Whiteface Lodge
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Jediferret - tell you what, when I get those 6 numbers up I'll come with you! Seriously I love the outdoors, I really hate the fact that I have an IT based job, but working mostly from home is a plus as I can spend some time having tea breaks in the garden. I sometimes think I'd like a job building something like dry stone walls, but cash gets the nice things in life and so I work on my PC. I'd like a cabin by a lake too, but I don't think we have such things in the UK - it's nice to dream about though. Anyhow, I've just booked a weeks camping trip on the South coast of the UK at the end of August with the kids. We will be on a formal camping site so not hiking with a tent - though we will go out for daily hikes and visits. I have a large tent that you can stand in, and we take things like airbeds, tables, chairs and a decent 2-ring gas stove - it more than roughing it, but not as posh as glamping. I never have an electric hook-up though. However, we won't go entirely off the grid, we will take mobiles and I'll have internet access for things like the weather forecast. They will charge slowly from the car when we are out and about - it isn't that I can't manage without a phone, but when it is just me looking after the kids the fact that they exist provides a little reassurance. I have a very basic GPS system if we hike somewhere a bit obscure - no map display - just figures so I can double check a map reference (I like a bit of redundancy in a system, and I've already purchased the 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - we always take basic emergency hiking gear with us and I know a good deal about emergencys. If it was just me, yes, I'd be up for some back-packing (which I've never actually done), but I don't know if I'd entrust the safety of my family to just me. Does that sound daft?
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Air pollution is a major contributor to oxidative stress. I'm not going to list the chronic diseases that this kind of stress is linked to, but it is extensive and you guys are well adept at Googlin' by now. So, with that little ditty in mind, a woodsy retreat with fresh country air 'should' start to work wonders on your system within minutes of intake and within hours begin to scrape the cerebral rust from your circulatory pipes. Spend a week and you may never leave for "The Big Smoke" every again. Heck, if you could ever combine your true calling/passion with a more country lifestyle, that would be the ultimate in therapeutic lifestyles. Where there is a will, there is a way! Jedi, Whiteface looks really cozy and there are plenty of maple reds in those Adirondack autumn hues. I love sitting out on the verandah at twilight in those kind of places, with a slight crispness in the air and drink in that woodsy/earthy aroma of decaying leaves combined with the faint hint of a distance wood fire. Heaven on Planet Earth!
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LOL! Denizen... XD I remember for years after that movie came out, that's all my mother would talk about. OMG! We're going to Lake Placid! Look out for alligators!! lol Maclover - You bet!!! I think one of the hardest thing for me to find in friends is a willing travel buddy. They're either not interested, don't have the money and/or don't have the time. I would probably get a cabin with indoor plumbing and electricity, just because I wouldn't be able to completely rough it... well, at least, not my first time doing something like that. Eventually, I would love to do the whole camping thing once I know what I'm doing. haha! Joe - Completely agree with you. The town I live in has a lot of pollution from the bourbon distilleries, and it's been linked to the areas high cancer rate. I've done a bit of research on it as well, just because there's been this black gunk on everything here... it was all over my truck when I had it. Found out it was a fungus that is caused by the ethanol( Whiskey Fungus). So far, there's no proof it's hazardous, but I don't think it's completely harmless either. The smell alone from the cooking bourbon is not only gross, but it's very strong and heavy, and it's even worse in the summer humidity. Fall/Autumn is my favorite season for many reasons... the changing of the tree colors, the smell of wood smoke and the cooler temperatures. In fact, Fall is when I'm the most active because the weather is so nice... so, I know what you mean. lol When Fall rolls around, I'll try to get some nice pictures from Bernheim. It's lovely there and I don't go there as much as I'd like. =P
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QUOTE (MacGyverGod @ 2 December 2016 - 03:03 PM) | In recent news the importance of disconnected downtime has been discussed. And it seems more important than ever before. I have liked a Facebook page about a person who suffers from burn-out and who dedicates the page to peoples with burn-out. She says and this has been confirmed by a neuro-psychiatrist that it's important not be online all the time because 20% of peoples between the age of 25-35 wake up exhausted because we are always connected. You're constantly alert, and we want to do and be too much at the same time which makes you so inefficient. Burn-out is something that happened mostly between the age of 45-50, but the last few years the age of 25-35 took the lead in this. And it happens more and more.
The neuro-psychiatrist says it's important to learn how to use technology and how to divide your workday: being connected, being disconnected, deal with real people when to work.
The issue has been addressed in recent programs: the news and other talk shows. I hope they start realising now we are dealing with a serious problem here. People who are barely out of school are burned out only after a few years.
It sure makes me look on the current situations, and I'm pretty sure we're destroying ourselves with what we expect from ourselves. So make sure you disconnect in time. |
So very true indeed, MacGyverGod!
I hardly ever am online, seeing that I have other responsibilities to take care of in the real world, in any case, I completely agree with this observation...
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Wow, another great thread to comment on!! Though I must point out the irony that as we are complaining of technology taking over our lives, we are sitting at a computer!! Anyway, at work the computer is my life-line. E-mail is THE way to communicate, even with co-workers in the same office area. Sometimes I'll walk into someone's office and literally say: "I was going to e-mail you but it's easier to just tell you..." I also make a habit of "unplugging" before bed. About an hour before I go to bed I turn off my computer and sit in the den with my mom and read a book. A REAL book, with paper pages and everything! My major time to disconnect comes once a year when my parents and I rent a house on a lake. There is no phone so we take our cell phones mainly for emergencies and safety matters (we both still just have an old fashioned flip phone that just makes phone calls). Unfortunately, due to the way society has almost forced tech upon us, we now also take a laptop because we found we could get NO information about events, attractions, restaurants, etc. without going to their website.
Jody~
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