The Dangers of Snow

This post has nothing to do with the physical dangers of snow. Here is a link to the physical dangers of snow provided by weather.com, if you want to read about that topic. What dangers I’m talking about are the effects that come along with a day of being snowed in.

Wednesday was the first snow I experienced on my journey thus far, and it led to a day I really didn’t like. Here are the reasons why:

Stuck Inside.

As someone who loves exploring, I really don’t like part of my life being taken away by mother nature. I’ve been in some pretty nasty storms during my adventure and enjoyed it. It was different. I like different. I got wet or dirty, but it provided a new experience and an unique lens in which to see the world around me. Snow storms would be similar, except that it has a prerequisite of cold weather. I dislike cold weather. A LOT.

Besides going out to take some pictures and a quick video, I didn’t go outside at all.

Motivation Was Gone. 

I’ve heard some people talk about heat making them want to do nothing but sleep. I have never experienced that sensation. Cold weather, on the other hand, makes me want to do nothing more than hibernate. On Wednesday I woke up late, I didn’t work out, I didn’t explore. I slept and watched television all day. I was thoroughly disgusted with myself.

In fact, I was so out of it that I forgot to turn the heater on. Which leads to my next point…

Sickness.

I got sick. My throat was a little scratchy on Tuesday and by the end of Wednesday I was officially sick. With all the craziness going on in the world of illness, I decided to self quarantine. I took the Croatian version of Airborne. I drank a lot of hot tea. I did everything I could think of to make the illness go away, but I still ended up losing two days because of it.

Thoughts.

During my travels, I have made sure to do a lot of self examination. What have I done in my life? Where am I going in life? How can I make the world a better place? Why is my stomach making that sound? Things of this nature. Also, before I leave somewhere, I start to have a lot of anxiety because I think I haven’t done enough. Crazy, I know.

Add to that the delusional thoughts that come with being sick, the fogginess that comes after (which I am dealing with while writing this very incoherent post), and it became a perfect storm of weird thoughts and emotions.

CONCLUSION:

I’m not a fan of snow days. They make me feel negative. However, we can only grow to appreciate the light by experiencing the dark.

You are awesome!

-Mike

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