As I wrote a few days ago, I would share more pictures and write a little about my current endeavor, if you are asking yourself why I will explain again.
It is so people can reset their minds, while many describe my Substack as valuable, among many other enticing descriptions, it is often followed by “depressive”. Everything you consume, either by watching, but especially by reading will impact you, it will affect your brain.
And the human brain has an incredible flaw. Watching someone doing something releases a significant amount of neurochemicals as doing that something, so in the hope, people get more “chill” I share these, also in the hope of seeing a different environment, they get excited.
I have tried to create galleries for these so this wouldn't get too big but the signal here ain't the best so…bear with me, I also have been trying for the most part of an hour to upload new pictures, so until I go back home, the ones I shared on social media need to do.
Sadly I lost my 2021 pictures in an HDD accident, but I was already doing Substack and decided to use one of the pictures as an asset for one of my short writings at the time.
This is how it looked merely a year ago.
This is how it looks now, the almost exact same spot =).
I could never find mushrooms here, no matter how much I looked, but now…
It doesn’t necessarily work for everyone, but the way I completely reset my mind, to effectively zero any level of burnout I might have been experiencing, and also increase my own resilience and drive is by pushing myself to the limit when I hike.
I hope these pictures bring some joy and wonder to some of you, and that many of you decide to go explore any patch of nature as soon as you are able to. Sometimes taking a little risk has the best and biggest payoffs.
One particular lesson this time brought me is how fast, and how much nature can heal from any form of damage, either inflicted by disaster, or in this particular case, man-made. The same applies to us.
And before some mushroom aficionado comes and tells me to eat these, no, I will never, mushrooms here are very look alike, so much so that sometimes the only thing that differentiates tasting good from dissolving your liver in 3 hours is a shade of yellow. Observing is enough for me.
Normal Substack posting shall resume as soon as January 3rd, I legitimately want people to just chill, be at peace, and enjoy this period.
Thank you for your patience and your support, really grateful for it. Perhaps something else tomorrow, or more musings from my mind, maybe new pictures ? Who knows, go enjoy these last few days of 2022.
I wish all of you the best.
That was refreshing. Thanks for sharing!
Hi John Paul -- First, your posts are NEVER depressing for me. Even when they relay some disturbing things, they relay truth. How can the truth be depressive? Sometimes I don’t like the truth, but it certainly doesn’t depress me. It FREES me!
I love these pictures! And, yes, while my family enjoy eating meals which include various mushroom varieties, I would never trust myself to identify the safe and tasty ones. Some of the ones you’ve shared here look incredibly interesting -- the way their folds undulate and create waves, almost.
Is the hiking area near your home?