That may explain why these scenarios have never been all that appealing to me, because I do think about the future in these hypothetical scenarios. I ask myself “Okay, what would the plan be in five years, when the scavenged food has long since run out?” and that feels scary and overwhelming. (Admittedly, rollercoaster scary, since it’s a fantasy, but I find myself spending just as much time asking how the hell I’d learn to recreate agriculture and how miserable day-to-day farming would be as I do imagining myself as a badass hero who saves someone from zombies—and that’s assuming I survive at all, which is a pretty big if!)
Hypothetical-you might like exploring abandoned permaculture sites—scavenge their libraries for knowledge of what’s good to forage, and their gardens for delicious food. Perennial food forests are a great hedge against long-term food anxiety.
That may explain why these scenarios have never been all that appealing to me, because I do think about the future in these hypothetical scenarios. I ask myself “Okay, what would the plan be in five years, when the scavenged food has long since run out?” and that feels scary and overwhelming. (Admittedly, rollercoaster scary, since it’s a fantasy, but I find myself spending just as much time asking how the hell I’d learn to recreate agriculture and how miserable day-to-day farming would be as I do imagining myself as a badass hero who saves someone from zombies—and that’s assuming I survive at all, which is a pretty big if!)
Hypothetical-you might like exploring abandoned permaculture sites—scavenge their libraries for knowledge of what’s good to forage, and their gardens for delicious food. Perennial food forests are a great hedge against long-term food anxiety.