Admins please freely move this post about the cabin as you see fit.
Do any of you find yourself to be at times, losing steam, or becoming disheartened by your increased exposure to the natural world? if so, how do you keep your head up? how do you stay on the brighter side, when for all intents and purposes, everything kind of sucks?
I feel like the stronger my understanding of the interconnections between wildlife becomes, the more I find it difficult to see the brighter side of life when being constantly confronted by the follies of man,
especially in the field.
I’m not necessarily talking about things like plastic litter, or discarded/lost fishing gear littering beaches, I think of those as unfortunate facts of life, but specifically things that are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, are the effects of climate change, residential and agricultural deforestation and the double-edged sword of tourism.…
I’d just like to ask of how some of the folks more talented and worldly than I, contend with the increasing regularity of experiencing the very harsh realities that we find evidence of when working in the field or just being in nature in this day.
I’m tired of just sighing and saying “well at least I got to see “X” while it’s still here, while we can still go here” or is that really all we can say anymore?
I’m constantly trying to learn more and improve my understanding of our natural world, but sometimes I really do wish that I could be a little more ignorant of some of this stuff and just enjoy the fact that I am able to be mobile enough to still walk the incredible places we see as naturalists.
Thanks in advance for any and all contributions.