We all retain fond memories of camping as children. Traveling through the wilderness, pitching a tent, chasing fireflies, and cooking smores over an open fire with our friends and family. Returning home with a beaming smile, sun-kissed skin, and a clear sense of calm. But as we get older and become burdened by work obligations, we find ourselves taking less and less time to retreat and be rejuvenated by nature. Here are three reasons you should put your workload on hold and take some time to recharge in the great outdoors.
Camping Is Immersive
Camping promotes mindfulness in a way that going to the gym, or on a run, cannot. Those activities rarely feel like a true reprieve and it is all too easy to become distracted by a work call or an urgent email. Camping is different because when we camp, we are stepping outside the context of our everyday lives and exploring a new environment, thereby breaking the cycle of daily stress. By resituating ourselves in nature, we are able to better enjoy the present moment free of distraction. If you’re stressed out, get out of town and get into nature. You will feel relaxed, refreshed, and more alive.
Camping Can Help You Think Outside The Box
Getting away from your daily routine can help you find creative solutions to problems that may previously have seemed irreconcilable. Camping requires you to slow down and go back to basics. As you make fire by rubbing two sticks together, and find new ways to have fun at night that don’t involve watching TV, your mind will have time to relax without being subject to the usual geyser of information we experience on a daily basis. You will get a chance to listen to yourself think, and may find yourself answering questions about work and life that you just haven’t had time to ponder previously.
Camping Allows You To Reconnect With Loved Ones
Spending time with friends and family in the great outdoors can lift your spirit and give you new strength as you reconnect with those who mean the most to you. In daily life, we are faced with constant distractions that keep us from giving our loved ones the focus they deserve. And, in turn, we often find ourselves feeling neglected. Taking some time to just hang out in nature, with no to-do list, can help us escape isolation and rediscover the joy of friendship.
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