I loved this interview - round table with Michael Yon and Christian white - some really important information shared https://youtu.be/UcAI9GVofE8?is=YbS0NXW4p8P7Zxfg
This one is for after Michael Yon is published (I will get it done today )….. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest.
If you're struggling mentally, one of the first things I'd change is your environment.
Get outside. Every single day.
Not when the weather's nice.
Not when you've bought the right walking boots.
Not when you feel motivated.
Today.
It's raining? That's what coats are for. 😂
Walk. Sit under a tree. Get your hands in the soil. Watch the birds. Feel the wind. Get daylight into your eyes. Leave your phone in your pocket.
Then do it again tomorrow.
Don't just believe me. Run the experiment.
Do it consistently and monitor what happens to your mood, sleep, energy, thoughts and ability to cope.
And please don't forget the animals who share our lives.
A garden isn't necessarily enough. A quick toilet break isn't enough. They need to sniff, explore, move, experience daylight, weather and the natural world too.
We spend an extraordinary amount of time asking what's wrong with us while living in environments human beings were never designed to spend 90% of their lives in.
Sometimes we need to stop adding things…
…and start putting back what we removed.
I talk about this, and much more about human behaviour, resilience and the environments shaping us — in my latest conversation with Michael Yon.
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Either way, get outside today. Then see what happens. 🌿
Yet most of us have separated ourselves from the natural world to such an extent that we now experience it as somewhere we visit.
That got me thinking…
Some of us spend our lives studying animals.
Their behaviour. Their communication. Their relationships. Their intelligence. Their strange little habits. Others ignore most of nature.
I wonder how they would describe humans?
How would they describe YOU?
Would they see someone who notices them?
Someone who respects the land they share?
Someone who understands that the spider, the crow, the bee, the fox, the tree and the fungi beneath our feet aren't just background scenery to a human life?
Or someone moving so fast through an artificial world that they've stopped noticing any of it?
There is wonder happening around us every single day.
We just have to remember to look.
So here's my challenge today:
Go and find one thing in nature that makes you stop and think WOW.
Then ask yourself:
What could I do differently today because I remembered I'm part of this too?