Bare nature on bare feet

Outskirts of Berlin, April 2020

Cleaned the flat, threw away lots of stuff and decided to get rid of items I will never ever use again. In fact, the minimalist life style is being optimized not only by social distancing, crucial selection of consumption and minimizing everything to the max, but also on reducing mental luggage kept hidden away for quite some time.

Therefore I decided to bicycle off to the lakes, thus not having completed my obligatory fourteen day quarantine yet after my return to Berlin with the very last plane from Rio de Janeiro, and do a mental spring clean up.

Took some dopamine, first time after two month, in order to be able to run a little but it did not really help. The conclusion is to not take dopamine at all anymore and skip running forever. It still hurts saying good bye to the beloved sport activity but the price of fucking up my hips and knees and everything else if going on practicing with a slightly limping leg is too high. As I dismissed not only dopamine but also alcohol, cigarettes and sex for the last two month, only eating healthy veggies and fruits, the art of abstention has become absolutely normal. And I still consider myself a very lucky person, being able to walk through sunny forest and have a naked swim in the ice-cold lakes of Brandenburg, getting those spirits shaken up to boost the immune system against all sorts of virus. I am as healthy and happy as I can be! Nothing more to ask.

The only thing I bought myself lately is a pair of shoes that make you feel like walking barefoot. I love them. Had heard about this trend already a while ago but was not aware of how effective it actually is on my delicate walking ability. Great. I get rid of things and discover others. Am I falling back to a state of mind of consumption again? So what.

Lets get the market economy starting again.