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<\/a>After crossing an abandoned beaver dam, I ate lunch and took a nap under mosquito netting.\u00a0 I had purposefully not set a goal beyond the first stop.\u00a0 I could stay where I was and do nothing, explored the area or continuing walking for the rest of the day.\u00a0 So I asked myself, what do I want to do?\u00a0 And nothing came back.\u00a0 I didn’t know.\u00a0 It was painful to sit there and second guess my desires, and just not feeling like doing anything, but know that that was doing something anyway.<\/p>\nFinally I decided to stash my pack and follow the deer trails.\u00a0 I got turned around a couple of times, found a great spot to camp, and found myself observing more, less concerned with what to do and just doing it.<\/p>\n
I found a beautiful spot to set up a hammock on top of a boulder, strung up between two trees that I had to climb high up in to secure the ropes!<\/p>\n
This past weekend I went on a two day walking and camping journey, never leaving the city of Northampton, but feeling miles away. I started with one destination in mind, about an hour’s walk: After crossing an abandoned beaver dam, I ate lunch and took a nap under mosquito netting.\u00a0 I had purposefully not set … Continue reading What do I want?<\/span> <\/a>I left the next morning more able to pay attention to the forest and follow my interests.\u00a0 On the walk back I stopped in unannounced on two friends and reconnected!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"