A new mindset for Burned. This is thread 7.

[Twofeet]

Burned,

I like to solo backpack and solo big game hunt. When I go its 3 to 7 days at a time. Have you spent 7 days in the wilderness without seeing a single face? Being alone is frightening, if I die out there I die alone. I always have an initial urge to pack up and head home the first day. I just want to go home and see my wife and kids. However, I don't. I focus on the trip day by day, hike here, or hunt there, or look for water over here. I also use these time to reflect. Staying focused on the trip, and inner reflection quieten the urge to run home to the wife and kids, it quietens the fear. I make it through the trip and it helps me to grow. Every hike, every hunt is a learning experience. I liken this experience to my sitch, heck everyone's. We go alone, we can't go back, but when we get to the other side some will reconcile, some D, some D then reconcile, and so forth. If we really work on this the right way, focus on the trip, the next mile, meal, etc while reflecting on ourselves both the good and bad we will grow and learn and be better for it. Heck I am already outgrowing my W ability to communicate with me, I want an adult convo, she wants to argue, yell, and insult, etc.

You probably have heard the saying what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. Well I for one am looking forward to being stronger.