While I'm sure it's not this guys intention, a "nature" calendar is also why the calendar was invented to begin with, specifically for growing crops. Another incarnation of the nature calendar is the Farmer's Almanac.
I like tracking constellations and Mars as they move through the sky throughout the year. I've gotten really good at knowing where exactly to look for specific constellations at different times of year. I know it isn't impressive, but I really like the fact that I can always find the stars I adore.
I also love going out and looking at any celestial events I hear about. I woke up at 3 AM once and stood outside in 20F weather to watch an eclipse. So worth it.
My aunt gave me my great grandfather's stargazing binoculars last year and they're so nice. My great grandfather worked for NASA and was one of the most intelligent people I've known. He died before I was old enough to really appreciate his brilliance and accomplishments, but I strive to learn about him. Owning and using his binoculars makes me feel closer to him in a way. He and my aunt are the people that got me super into space and stuff. My biggest dream is to go to space, but I won't ever go unless cheap and safe space tourism that allows people with chronic illness somehow becomes a thing in my lifetime.
This is the kind of thing I think about to get the useful bits out of the "touch grass" meme.
Unfortunately I'm not very good at it and time isn't real until the stores put out the commercialized holiday crap: It's only really summer when the 4th of July kitsch is put out on the shelves. It sucks and I want to be better about it.
It helps to be more in tune with your surroundings outside. Many of us become disconnected from the land around us because of the pace of modern life: working 40+ hours, driving everywhere, and generally not having energy to go outside in our spare time. But even taking a short walk around the block each day will let you get in tune with your local climate. You'll learn what the temperature is like when the first flowers start to bloom, when foods are in season, when the frost starts to come.
Unfortunately, this may also mean you start to notice how out of whack the cycles have become thanks to climate change.
This is one of the reasons I practice atheopaganism. It's psychologically helpful for me to be tuned to the natural, annual cycle. It gives a rhythm to life that's separate from the more artificial, civil-labor thing. It also inspires gratitude for some of the little complexities of nature I wouldn't otherwise notice.
For me it's my annual fishing trip. It's never exactly at the same time, but we always do it. Sometimes it's only 2 of my closest friends from high school, but us 3 never miss it
I'll watch the movie, I'll press some tears over this dry face of mine, I'm sure. And I have to make a final sarcastic comment: when directors grow old, geriatric Hollywood finally learns what life's about. Skeletor will be back tomorrow...
I’ve read this book multiple times, so I think I’ve got a good understanding of it and the spark joy concept still gets me. Basically, it makes you think something must make you soooo happy you only want that thing.
Well I can say that she at least doesn't particularly understand the concept.
This article is basically "I hate the book and the method, I don't understand half of very well, it works super well and I highly recommend it" which is pretty funny, if not exactly well presented.
The TL;DR of this article is that KonMari method doesn't work for the author. Author feels defensive about her collection of sentimental items and wants more advice about organizing than KonMari offers.
Maybe this book isn't helpful for some people. That's okay. Doesn't mean you need to do clickbait libel to my girl with "debunk."
I listened to an interview with Marie Kondo recently, and she herself seems to have renounced the method. When it was popular I definitely found some parts of it interesting, but others were too idiosyncratic to be useful. Ultimately, no one method is a panacea and everyone needs to find what works for them.
I would be curious to try such a thing but how would one manage 2FA? I mean, so many things do require it and, well, not being an expert I'm not sure it can be installed used elsewhere than on a smartphone?
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