Hit 100 nights in my tent last year and it broke me mentally

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Connect it to how we treat everything like a numbers game now. I've noticed people counting nights, miles, steps, even how many books they read in a year. It turns something cool into a chore. You hit your 100th night and instead of feeling proud, you just feel empty because there's no more goal to chase. It's like when people do those "100 days of running" challenges and by day 90 they're miserable but too stubborn to quit. We lost the point somewhere along the way. Did camping start feeling like work before you hit that number?

lucas97217d ago

Disagree a little bit here. I think the number can actually be a cool way to look back and realize you did something way more than you thought. Yeah if you're miserable on night 98 then sure you're doing it wrong, but for me that count just makes me laugh at how many times I've forgotten bug spray or eaten cold beans. It's more of a fun stat than a goal to grind, like checking your Spotify wrapped not like a work performance review. If the number takes over and you stop enjoying the campfire, that's on you not the counting.

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logansullivan4d ago

That "empty feeling when you finish" part hits hard, I never thought of that.