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What are some skills that can be turned into hobbies that would be good for a Leftist to know? (hexbear.net)

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Like the title! I want to cultivate some helpful skills but do so gradually, as a hobbyist. Tempted to get into lockpicking, haha.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, you definitely also made the right call.

Hitting your physical max isn't fun. Eleven years ago was my first and only trip where I didn't have enough food, and that has engrained into my brain a particular understanding of scarcity that I never would have otherwise (having not grown up in poverty, of course).

I can't in good faith recommend that kind of extreme to anyone, but once you've at least approached your limits, you have a much better sense of when to stop and rest, how much food you need, or how long that last litre of water is going to last you.