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Pulled the trigger on Crosscode! I'll put the others on my list. Thanks!

$1.37 on GOG? Yes please 😁

Got Ys 1 and 2 while they're in sale! Thanks for the tip. I've looked at them before but didn't pull the trigger.

I'm no expert l, but my grandpa taught me to prune the suckers from the ground up to about 8 inches, then allow 2 sucker to stay and mature (so you have 3 prominent stems) and then continue to keep suckers pruned from there up. I have a pretty good harvest of tomatoes every year, so I haven't questioned the guidance.

How about posting your pack list when you get done and folks can make suggestions? In the meantime, I have a bunch of little trinkets I take with me, but as far as "heavy" or bulking nonessentials I consider worth their weight:

• backpacking chair for sure
• pocket chainsaw
• Jetboil zip: compact, affordable, great for quick boiling to make coffee, tea, oatmeal, noodles, or freeze-dried food (especially so you can stay in the tent longer on cold mornings)
• shemagh- lots of uses as a scarf, towel, bag, etc
• Sawyer filter
• frogg toggs rain suit - cause getting drenched stinks

Here's some small stuff you might not think of that's great to have

• Paracord
• sawdust compressed fire starter
• gorilla tape and zip ties
• head lamp
• Moleskin for blisters and hot spots
• a small towel (if no shemagh-)
• plastic bags

Happy Trails!!!

I changed from working 40 hours a week to 32 hours per week (4 x 8 hour days) and it has really helped my mental health. Took some adjustment financially, but now I don't even notice! Highly recommend!

I totally hear you and I have a lot of chaos in my house with a 5 and 2 year old, but it's getting better. As others have said, you're in the thick of it. Take solace in that its gonna get better.

Something some one told me that helped a lot is to get into the mindset of "living in moments" for now. You probably still have tons of little moments that can be simple. The five minutes it takes to make your coffee in the morning, your commute to work, those few minutes chatting with you wife before sleeping. Try to notice those moments and really drink them in and let them fill you instead of slipping by. Also, when you notice those moments, purposefully lay down the tension from the 45 minute meltdown you just handled, because that's over, and try to just live in that moment a while, cause in another five minutes you're gonna be cleaning up a blowout lol.

Anytime friend! Yeah it's definitely a good starting point! Honestly it was the first Minimalist documentary on Netflix that pulled things into focus for me, but then I feel like I outgrew that world. I hope that doesn't come across as sanctimonious.

Lol I did the same thing and lost my long well thought it response. Heres the gist; I agree with Inasaba so much. I started out exploring minimalism, but became repulsed by the prevalence of minimalism being the goal rather than a means to a goal. (Had the same experience with the ultralight backpacking community). When used as a principle component of a larger framework, it definitely compliments simple living. My personal philosophy is a combination of simple living, spirituality (mix of Druidry, Buddhism, Pantheism maybe), naturalism, and love (and probably some other things I haven't quite sussed out).

I think minimalism in a vacuum is unlikely to provide significant satisfaction, but can be an emergent property of other pursuits. Conversely, in pursuing other virtues that can benefit from minimalism, it can be very helpful to examine minimalism specifically to help establish intentionality and prcaticalize principles to get you where you want to be.

Grear share, and I think over scheduling and overcommittingis my biggest struggle. Makes me think that a good ways understanding the simple living philosophy is that it's the opposite of complex/complicated living, doing what you can to remove complexity and increasing time and headspace.

First time seeing these flowers. They're gorgeous at every stage 😀

I think it might be neat for the icon to be a simple (obviously) scene with some things people most often mentioned in those fun posts from r/simpleliving where someone asks, "what brings you joy in some living" or "what do you do to live a simple life." A cartoon of a sunrise, a hill green, with a tree and flower dots perhaps? Though, I know for me simple living means a strong connection to nature, but that's not universal of course. For any it's a cozy place, a warm blanket, a cup of coffee, and a good book. For others it means leaving a life of excess to living a scaled down life in a small dwelling, fewer expenses, and focusing on friendships and experiences.

Perhaps it's worth starting a separate discussion on what we view as the core tenets of simple living and find what themes unite everyone's interpretation of simple living to gain inspiration for an icon 😁

Sorry, I guess this wasn't really a straightforward suggestion lol. How about a sky blue circle with a yellow circle overlaying the blue circle near the top and color the bottoms 1/3 ff the blue filled circle a grass green color. So it's looks like the ground, sky, and sun 🌞