I now live in rural Japan. I work full remotely for a start-up in Tokyo, so I don't have to come to work. Rent is cheap and I'm close to forests, the sea and rivers. The air is soft and I can go camping as soon as I feel like it. I feel that this environment supports my mental well-being.
In the summer, the children raised ten beetles and stag beetles each. Four of them fell when they kicked a tree near their house. The remaining six were given to them at an insectarium or campsite. Such events are mixed in with life.
Insect life is short. They die when summer ends. But if you feed them or keep them in a cool place, they live a little longer. Even though they live only a few months, the quality of their time changes depending on how you interact with them.
Working in the AI world gives the illusion of a universal existence. In digital space, "time" does not wear off. But when you are in contact with real life, I am reminded of how beautiful "finitude" itself is.
Living in the city is convenient and stimulating. But it is dangerous to continue to fight only in the virtual world without the opportunity to experience nature and living creatures. without the opportunity to experience nature and living creatures is dangerous.
Move your body, feel the wind, spend time with insects. It is the only way to soften your thoughts.
So if you know someone who seems to have lost their way in the digital world, I would like you to visit a forest with insects. Humans are also much more "faint" creatures than you might think.