We’re making our return to effortposts and more thoughtful posts! I’ve got a question for you! what’s your favorite field? what interests you? if you’re in college, what’s your major and planned career?

  • t. choder
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    14 days ago

    I just now started a late-start accelerated college class, so technically my NEET is over. If this doesn’t go too bad I may actually take a normal amount of classes next semester or the semester after that. We’ll see.

    Geography is my major, and probably the one I’ll see through till the end, as it accomodates both my social science and natural science interests, and as I’m atrocious at math environmental science was never an option. I used to major in anthropology with a focus on comparative cultural/political anthropology and archeology, but academic anxiety got the better of me the more I realized that path 110% had no future where I was employed, and I could just study it in my free-time anyways. I’d be fine with a career in environmental surveying, urban planning, and/or Geographic Information Systems / GIS.

    My personal dream is to be part of some rewilding efforts, like, settle down in some remote part of the woods and make concrete steps towards both revitalizing the ecosystem and creating something of a food forest. Permaculture is also cool, and I wanna get better at cooking for my girlfriends sake. When we stop being long-distance I want to spoil her.

      • t. choder
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        14 days ago

        Aha woaw thankies ur awesome too PAT! I kinda forgot to mention my gf is something of an organizer in her local scene, so I’m likely to start getting a lot more hands-on experience doing cool things with cool people when I move out of this white-flight suburban hell, and that actually does have me feeling pretty optimistic. Also the cooking aspiration is largely inspired by her gluten intolerance and veganism making certain culinary experiences inconvenient. Like I wanna be able to effortlessly whip up some vegan gluten-free blueberry muffins or whatever at a moments notice whenever she’s feeling down :). Atm most of what I do is boil lentils in water, throw potatoes in the microwave, and shovel all kinds of vitamins down my throat, but I feel like my love for her and dedication to her overall happiness is ultimately helping to push me over this slump of actually learning how to cook and homemake and take care of myself and others and stuff. Choders having a little adulting arc

        • pleasantaftertastesOP
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          14 days ago

          you’re so based it’s scary. kudos to you for being an awesome adult. when it’s finished, I’d be glad to share my recipes here! we could trade!

      • t. choder
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        14 days ago

        Yeah, often the hardest part with helping out in the dirt for me is getting myself to stop looking inward and peer outward into meatspace for once lmfaoooo. But my theory is that the more you make your yardwork something you actually subsist off of, and the more purpose-driven it is, the easier it’ll be to be present and to be positively productive. When you’re otherwise living a pretty normie industriod life but you just happen to have a family garden that merely supplements groceries, it’s gotta be much easier to mentally check out and feel less of a responsibility to oneself to escape the derealized stupor. Doubly so if it’s an effort that’s not initiated by you or taken on under your own responsibility, y’know? I like to think I’d be more capable of coming into my own when my effort exerted is better reflected in the things I can put on the dinner table. Not to say we wouldn’t also be getting groceries tho, but decreased reliance on moneyed trade to sustain our lifestyle while also giving back to our environment is certainly the ideal, which to my mind would reach perfection when fruits and vegetables that grow on the land around us is like 85% of our diet, and then some occasional treats from the grocery store and vitamin supplements make up the remaining 15.