I completely understand on the connection with nature; that's a giant factor for me too, and a huge part of how I relate to the world. It's one of the "look, life worth living and awesome and everything" bits for me.
Working from home, I've found that anything that makes me get out there is a big perk. Perhaps it would also be helpful for you to start having an outing over lunch or something of the sort? I've been trying to do just that, and it does help.
I'm not a fan of sun, but too much darkness does make me want to eat and sleep, eliminating all other activities as too dangerous to try in the dark. I also enjoy the fog, which only seems to settle on Toronto in Spring and Fall.
I can relate to the feeling that you're trapped by work. I could, theoretically, work on my laptop in some public venue, but then I start feeling guilty about how I'm spending money and not home with the cats.
Intellectually, I know there are plenty of people out there who don't feel anything of the sort. But emotionally/experientially, I find it really hard to comprehend.
The only time I really feel that way is when I'm around an ocean. Lakes don't cut it (there have to be reasonable-sized waves, not just lame-ass ripples). But there is something so comforting about sitting on the sand, staring into the waves (especially at night; there was a particular place in SoCal where there were no lights nearby, so it would look like empty blackness between the ocean and the froth at the top of the wave as the wave rose), that makes you feel a part of something much larger than yourself.
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, spiders do that for me too. Spiders are my connection to nature.
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Working from home, I've found that anything that makes me get out there is a big perk. Perhaps it would also be helpful for you to start having an outing over lunch or something of the sort? I've been trying to do just that, and it does help.
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I can relate to the feeling that you're trapped by work. I could, theoretically, work on my laptop in some public venue, but then I start feeling guilty about how I'm spending money and not home with the cats.
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The only time I really feel that way is when I'm around an ocean. Lakes don't cut it (there have to be reasonable-sized waves, not just lame-ass ripples). But there is something so comforting about sitting on the sand, staring into the waves (especially at night; there was a particular place in SoCal where there were no lights nearby, so it would look like empty blackness between the ocean and the froth at the top of the wave as the wave rose), that makes you feel a part of something much larger than yourself.
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, spiders do that for me too. Spiders are my connection to nature.
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