For much of America, going on walks isn’t a pleasant experience. Most people live in car-centric areas, where you will have the noise, fumes, and dangers of cars at all times
With the exception of the stars (assuming you live somewhere with bad light pollution, which is most people), all of those things are still achievable. You can even use the internet to learn how to do them; don’t let your dreams stay dreams!
Taldan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I live a couple of blocks off a freeway exit, I’m very familiar with that. I still go walking in the rich neighborhoods, because they have nice trees and can’t stop me.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Time isn’t free.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Any time spent on here is also time that can be spent on other things. The habit of scrolling isn’t something you have to be bound to.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
That pales in comparison to the massive time investment of having a full time job and taking care of a living space by yourself (cooking, cleaning, shopping, repairs, etc). This is unique to our era, we used to not work as many hours and we used to live in more communal family spaces where work was evenly shared so that everyone had lighter loads.
The fact that I can squeeze in 20 minutes of posting a day isn’t the reason I can’t go on 3 hour walks like I used to.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Never has been free, the only difference is that there’s more junk to spend your time on now.
It’s always been up to you if you want to spend time productively or not.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
There’s also longer work days and less work shared between the clan/gens/extended family.
turdcollector69@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I think actually relaxing is productive, taking the time to be at your best possible performance is time well spent.
I just think that many modern activities are counterproductive to both rest and productivity.
Like doom scrolling is big-time counterproductive because it blocks rest by frustrating you but also doesn’t actually yield anything of benefit.