I used to be a Medic and Firefighter-- in short I was an adrenaline junkie. And now I’m old and retired. And my body is bent and currently a bit broken. I seek to learn how to be dull.
Despite the enjoyment of watching the hummingbirds at my feeders and the light gardening I do. I still think I could become even more satisfied with my dullness.
Guide me to complete dullness!
There are two paths you can take my friend. Either;
Lean fully into the current humming bird and gardening things. Become so brilliant at them that the day to day actions of them are boringly simple to you or,
Do a wide variety of minor and ultimately almost useless tasks. Examples of this would be; making sure you have organised all your nails, screws and other fixings correctly. Optimising your WiFi network. Building a bin store. Framing some old pictures. Etc.
I hope you find the one that fits you best.
I’m not quite on a first name basis with the humming birds yet, but I’m getting there. I also have a few yellow warblers and goldfinches that visit. But they are very antisocial and standoffish. I did locate a ruffed grouse nest in the far corner of my property. I counted 16 eggs in her nest. I’m hopeful that at least half of them hatch, and she can carry 3 or 4 to adulthood. I usually have a clutch of mallards under my dock every year. But I haven’t seen any just yet. It was a very late spring here though so the hatch is a bit late.
If you talk to my Wife, (Grandma), she will tell you I do a lot of useless things around here. And that I should do more sweeping and vacuuming and less time fishing as a rule. But she still enjoys the fish, berries and mushrooms I forage out of the forest every year…