I found your channel via that ‘cry about cat’ 🐱 , and stayed.. I also lost my dad in 2019, and somewhat live in the wilderness of a strange country with a cat .. facing the unknown.. but not as much as you. :) Your videos are interesting, beautiful content.. and extra special because you also have the love of a beautiful cat 🐱.
Thank you so much. Lately I've been these kinda low effort, unscripted wanderings because I have too much work on my plate to do the high production stuff I started out with. What I enjoy most is writing the story I want to tell and recording it well, then making fresh music that fits it. I'm hoping to get back to that kind of work soon, once I clear out some free time....
@@OuterEdgeOutpost The sincerity and richness of a very caring soul displayed in such a simplistic way is very refreshing. I have no doubts that you will build your beautiful home soon. You’re just going through a journey… the music you make and the beautiful stories you share, takes me somewhere else, put me at ease and relax. Thank you. ❤️
Aww, what a sweet thing to say! Good intentions for sure, positivity, well...I try. Right now it's -7 degrees F and my water pipes are frozen solid and I'm just sitting here thinking warm thoughts.
Cleet shoes would be ideal for that snow run, kind of like the concept for chains for tires. They do make the cleats for your shoes. People use them hiking in the mountains to grip so they don't slip
Yes, I actually got some after filming this and they work great on the packed road ice. In the fields, I kind of just have to "bound" forward like a deer to keep from sinking too deep.
Right!! Shall we just wait for spring thaw with bear spray on hand😬... uneven ground & thin air can't be helpful... the landscape is beautiful & surreal ....and I live in the country. Love the deer.... we have them here but never get that close.... Bob's appearance at the end is so cute. You can see that he feels the cold from you and he kind of shutters. You will figure out the silver bullet in the wilderness! One step at a time. ✅
I do my best. I've never seen any creature come close to my home site and Bob doesn't wander far. I lock him in at night when the predators are active. Always some risk in letting him outside, but I feel keeping him trapped in this little shed for his whole life would be far crueler.
I found all your books recently through my english course book. I wrote an essay about warm bodies! I loved them all especially the prequel. Hope everything goes well for you dude, you deserve it.
Dear Isaac, Im so glad to have discovered your channel. This might be a long one, I'm not to sure yet. In 7th grade, your father was my teacher, and my love of reading was growing tremendously at the time, and Warm Bodies is a book that always held a great place in my heart. I myself have left the "city life" and live in oklahoma now, and really appreciate it here more than i thought i would. As I started real life outside of school, I honestly can't remember the last novel I've read, and now at 24, I'd been craving reading again. My boyfriend took me to the library today for his own reasons, but I had a rough day and just wanted to be home. As I we were walking to check out his books, I saw your name and picked up Burning World and brought it the the Check out without question. In the car I read your dedication to the library I spent a lot of time at in highschool. I'm excited to read again. I'm excited to watch your videos and learn from you aswell, with experiences you share.
Start planning a little garden instead- some salad plants, herbs and micro greens. Like the idea of cross country skiing. Glad I live in a country where I don’t have to keep looking out for animals that might want to eat me 😂 Enjoy your Winter Wonderland. I’m enjoying Summer sun here Down Under in NZ listening to some Six60, Teeks and Stan Walker. You might enjoy too
Recently just finished binge reading the warm bodies series and my first thought was why has no one realised what a genius this writer is. I tried desperately to buy all of the series in hard copy (not just kindle) because I’m one of those weird people that get so obsessed over some books that I need to own the hard copies in case hamsters (evil_ ) take over the world and eat all the kindle servers. Now imagine me finding your website and learning the living is out of print (boo) but you seem to have a UA-cam channel going (yay). Thank you for sharing your unique life. It gives me (us) a chance to say thank you for bringing the characters you created to life and being courageous enough to share them with the rest of us (especially those of us who call ourselves writers but lack your dedication to push the words into a book and actually release it to the world)
I too also had a special kindred feline, a regal lady who travelled across most of the country with us. She disappeared into the Tasmanian wilderness for over 6months and then appeared in time for us to enjoy her company a little longer before we said goodbye. So thank you for sharing your beautiful cat story.
Well thank you, if anyone's ever going to realize THAT, it will only be because of people like you insisting. :) And yes, The Living is caught in a tragic situation with the industry that I'm still trying to find a way through....
I think it's a combination of increased blood flow to the brain, increased oxygenation of the blood, and maybe most importantly, the flow state you get when your body is fully occupied with something automatic, freeing your mind to work uninterrupted. Even the restless part of your mind gets occupied by the passing scenery, so you don't get distracted by boredom. It's the perfect conditions for solving mental puzzles.
I'm late to the party 😂 hope you broke your writers block. And I enjoy seeing those beautiful views. Cant wait to see views like those on my travels, I'm slowly getting my van ready for the road! And Bob is so handsome!
Yay!!! 😀 So far vanlife is going good. Once I save up alil money I will be able to leave my local area. Trying to figure out which direction to head in. Definitely west but it does depend on what time of year too lol 😂 don’t want to go south in the summer for sure! Have a beautiful day!
Bob suggests kitty meditation lol lay on the bed, hold him on your chest, close your eyes and focus on the purring. That sometimes helps when I get stuck, and nothing else is working.
This is actually a thing with us, but it's the reverse. I lean against my bed, and he immediately inserts himself under my chest. He likes to build a little cave there.
When I figured out how to walk on the crust I got super excited "Look at me! MASTER of the snow! Pound sand you silly Lynx and your giant feet!" Then I'd fall thru.
It's such a great feeling! Really feels like levitation! And yeah, I actually got those shoe chains after recording this video, they work amazing well.
@OuterEdgeOutpost yay for shoe chains! And it does feel like levitating! My knees took some getting used to the feeling. It actually became easier to do after my back was fused, weirdly enough.
Hey man! Trevor from Osoyoos here. Not sure how far down the Okanogan you are , but you getting these crazy winds today? Anyway, i can identify with blockages. More the visual side of things for me. A good run used do it for me too. Get a treadmill? Sometimes the best remedy is to forget "the project" and temporarily focus on another. Dream journal. Or maybe you need a spa day .... maybe there's a good massage/chiro/sauna/hot tub situation in Wenatchee or something ? Self care? It seems tho, overall, what used to work in the past, no longer does .... so the fun/curse is the struggle to find a new motivation. And time is the only solution.
The wind has been INSANE. I tried to go running yesterday and even though I had a full face mask on, it just about froze my eyeballs. Hurts like hell, like eating too much ice cream. Woke up today to find ice on the INSIDE of my windows and my water pipes are frozen. Yikes. Laughing at your treadmill suggestion though-have you noticed I live in a shed with about 5 square feet of floor space? 😂 I would kill for a nice massage today, but I would not drive to Wenatchee for it... (I'm near Brewster) Good luck up there, man, I bet it's even colder over the border!
It's funny, I used to live in Seattle. so I kinda know what you're talking about. Crossing the Cascade range definitely changes the political climate, but for sure sometimes going into observer mode is a healthy thing.
The Cascades really feel like a portal between worlds. Everything changes the moment you pop out the other side. Having been over here a couple years now, Seattle stresses me the fuck out. There's a madness in the air there, I feel it.
Running at elevation is a whole different kind of suck and having to travel outdoors to relieve yourself makes the concepts of red or blue much less relevant, at least in my experience. Your mileage may vary. Thanks for the content!
I bought the land 3 years ago and started camping here, and then I got the shed and moved in full time 2 years ago. Still kinda getting the feel for this new life!
Pretty normal to feel cabin fever this time of the year especially given you literally live in a cabin. It's mighty cold where I live right now with a wind chill of minus 40 (celsius) and I start to feel pretty restless bordering on depressed when I can't get outside. This too shall pass. Hang in there. Snow shoes, a thermos of coffee, and bear spray will get you beating down your own thinking trail in no time.
Today's weather alert: ..."WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST SATURDAY... Dangerously cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 20 to 35 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes." Having just run out to my outhouse for the morning dump, can confirm!
I like to think that we as humans are able to tap into a lot more than we think. That there is a sort of unconscious collective ‘source’ of intelligence(?) that floats around the ether. When we can distract the thinking mind and get into a state of ‘flow’ (often achieved by repeating a mindless physical task) sometimes we can tap into that source and that’s when the best creative ideas happen. End unsolicited spiritual rant. Please be careful out there and wear proper shoes? Running on that terrain looks like a good way to sprain an ankle. I like your channel, I think I will hang around :) I did not read or see Warm Bodies, but now I’ll have to. You are a fantastic storyteller, very rhythmic and lyrical prose; I feel like people don’t write like this anymore. I worry short-form content is crushing good storytelling, but maybe I’m an out of touch millennial. I had Warm Bodies on my Netflix list earlier this fall but they didn’t keep it available long enough for me to get to it! There’s too much content Isaac! But that just means it must’ve been popular bc they always snatch back the good stuff on Netflix, it’s only available for a few months at a time.
That's pretty much the extent of my spiritual beliefs as well. Something like the Akashic Records maybe. Closest I've been able to find to a "meaning of life" that feels meaningful to me. And thank you so much, I've been having such a good time making these videos. I feel like UA-cam is literally the last platform that still allows long form content. I put a lot of sweat and passion into Instagram before realizing it's just way too shallow to satisfy.
How long have your neighbors lived in your area? I imagine my wife and I living in a similar landscape and wonder how long it takes to slow down and adjust.
Most of the people I've met either grew up here or have been here over 20 years. I did meet one fellow transplant who was driving a golf cart around, collecting bull snakes to bring to his property to drive off the rattlesnakes. I think the transplants here are actually kookier than the locals. Probably cause you have to be a little kooky to stay here. :)
Geez…please Stop those comments about the “predators” ( who are on high alert when there is little food 😳)… I don’t know..if you “think” it and picture the image …you can manifest it… (about the camera thoughts I mean ) Love your videos…they are all like therapy🩷 I will buy your new book …and I don’t care what it’s about ….I just feel like I will KNOW the AUTHOR ( we you tube subscribers that follow your journey should be able to go to a special site where we can get a PAW PRINT and a signed signature ..LOL 😈😘🇨🇦
Yeah I'm bringing my bear spray next time! That "special site" is called Patreon. 😉 Having Bob sign books would be great, but he would probably only tolerate 2 or 3 before getting annoyed...
Ooh, that's actually an intriguing idea. There is a lot of wide open plains out here that are covered in snow most of the winter. Gliding along might be a lot more fun...
i would be afraid to slip and fall on that ice and snow. No thanks! Yeah, bears, mountain lions, and coyotes. Not my cup of tea. I hear coyotes in my semi-rural area during the evening. Joggers and byciclists get tracked down by packs, they make easy prey. I even have bob cats and coyotes in my backyard. Dont let your cat out unsupervised. Writers block can get cleared when you focus on something else. Do you have any indoor hobbies? Try painting, thats safe!
9 out of 10 recommendations I get in these comments have the same rebuttal: I AIN'T GOT ROOM FOR THAT. 😂 There's literally no unoccupied surface area in the shed and I can't even turn around in my desk area without bumping into furniture. If I tried painting in here it would be a hilarious disaster. But I appreciate the ideas! :)
Well there's finding the initial inspiration/idea, and then there's writing it. For the first part, I just live my life in a way that I find inspiring, keep having new experiences, keep stirring the cauldron, and ideas always emerge. For the second part, actually executing the idea, it's a little more mechanical, just a matter of connecting all the pieces that I generated in the first stage. For that, I find high movement activities like walking, running, etc help jostle things around in my brain until they find their right place.
Searched for a long time! There's a lot of remote land for pretty cheap in eastern Washington, but it was hard to find a spot that had good water potential, privacy, AND was affordable for me. I think I scored big on this spot. The view...
Well, you kept the camera running and famously in footages taken during disasters. The cameraman usually survives, so as long as you keep the camera, Rolling, if you encounter a mountain lion, then you should be alright 😅
Just a different feeling when you're moving fast through the scenery, and also much better exercise. I breathe heavy when trekking but I don't really break a sweat and my brain doesn't get hyper-oxygenated like it does when I run. But it's pretty challenging out here, with the snow.
I mean all my videos are probably going to feature at least one cat, but I reeeeally don't want to become a "cat channel." As I've seen from what happened with my Watson video, the demographic that attracts is very...intense.
You can’t really run in the snow it’s too slippy you could fall and injure yourself and give yourself a break it’s winter, chill time. I think a long walk would be just as good. ☺️
Gotta say, it's nice to finally have a video where we're not all crying about cats!
Nothin' wrong with crying about cats -- that just shows how much we love our felines. Bob is such a beauty!
Nothing wrong at all, but it does get a bit exhausting when it's all my comments are about every day! I'm eager to move on. :)
I always enjoy hearing your thoughts on things, and seeing Bob :)
Just a casual little jaunt today. :)
I love Bob break!
I want more!!😅
I'm tempting to do a whole video about Bob but I don't want to become even MORE of a "cat channel." Cat people are scary! 😂
@@OuterEdgeOutpost so you are scary too....you are "cat people"..
I found your channel via that ‘cry about cat’ 🐱 , and stayed.. I also lost my dad in 2019, and somewhat live in the wilderness of a strange country with a cat .. facing the unknown.. but not as much as you. :)
Your videos are interesting, beautiful content.. and extra special because you also have the love of a beautiful cat 🐱.
The scenery, your voice, diction, the deconstructed melody and sounds makes the minimalist lifestyle feels majestic. You’re an amazing story teller.
Thank you so much. Lately I've been these kinda low effort, unscripted wanderings because I have too much work on my plate to do the high production stuff I started out with. What I enjoy most is writing the story I want to tell and recording it well, then making fresh music that fits it. I'm hoping to get back to that kind of work soon, once I clear out some free time....
@@OuterEdgeOutpost The sincerity and richness of a very caring soul displayed in such a simplistic way is very refreshing. I have no doubts that you will build your beautiful home soon. You’re just going through a journey… the music you make and the beautiful stories you share, takes me somewhere else, put me at ease and relax. Thank you. ❤️
Love the view, love the sounds, love your thoughts, love Bob!
I love most of those too! (my thoughts not always)
I started to follow you coz I can feel the positivity in your heart and also the good intentions in you. ❤
Aww, what a sweet thing to say! Good intentions for sure, positivity, well...I try. Right now it's -7 degrees F and my water pipes are frozen solid and I'm just sitting here thinking warm thoughts.
"Deer Break...Apple! " Haha. Lovely seeing those deers. Tfs
It's so satisfying to see them start to trust me more and more! I've ALMOST got them eating out of my hand...
Cleet shoes would be ideal for that snow run, kind of like the concept for chains for tires. They do make the cleats for your shoes. People use them hiking in the mountains to grip so they don't slip
Yes, I actually got some after filming this and they work great on the packed road ice. In the fields, I kind of just have to "bound" forward like a deer to keep from sinking too deep.
Hello from Redmond! Nice videos. Your writer's talent shines in them 💖
He looks so majestic!
Right!! Shall we just wait for spring thaw with bear spray on hand😬... uneven ground & thin air can't be helpful... the landscape is beautiful & surreal ....and I live in the country. Love the deer.... we have them here but never get that close.... Bob's appearance at the end is so cute. You can see that he feels the cold from you and he kind of shutters. You will figure out the silver bullet in the wilderness! One step at a time. ✅
Nice of you to share your apples with the neighbors
They're moochers, but I love them.
Good definition of hiking. I indeed need to be in autopilot mode to be able to think deeply.
Loved the "apple?" Part with the deer. I snickered.
I'm trying to sound as harmless as possible, it's my little code word to let them know treats are incoming.
Wow it's beautiful out there. And keep Bob safe from the predators please!
I do my best. I've never seen any creature come close to my home site and Bob doesn't wander far. I lock him in at night when the predators are active. Always some risk in letting him outside, but I feel keeping him trapped in this little shed for his whole life would be far crueler.
I found all your books recently through my english course book. I wrote an essay about warm bodies! I loved them all especially the prequel. Hope everything goes well for you dude, you deserve it.
That's so cool, I love that people are still using it in classes. Also I appreciate the love for The New Hunger, that one never gets much attention!
Wow! Ur videos are beautiful!❤
8:41 the deer: we take your offering :)
You make the cold weather look refreshing
Living in the tropics, for some reason I’m especially enjoying your winter weather videos. Thanks ❄️
Please return the favor by posting some videos about munching cigars in the tropics. I need a taste of that life.
Dear Isaac,
Im so glad to have discovered your channel. This might be a long one, I'm not to sure yet. In 7th grade, your father was my teacher, and my love of reading was growing tremendously at the time, and Warm Bodies is a book that always held a great place in my heart. I myself have left the "city life" and live in oklahoma now, and really appreciate it here more than i thought i would. As I started real life outside of school, I honestly can't remember the last novel I've read, and now at 24, I'd been craving reading again. My boyfriend took me to the library today for his own reasons, but I had a rough day and just wanted to be home. As I we were walking to check out his books, I saw your name and picked up Burning World and brought it the the Check out without question. In the car I read your dedication to the library I spent a lot of time at in highschool. I'm excited to read again. I'm excited to watch your videos and learn from you aswell, with experiences you share.
Start planning a little garden instead- some salad plants, herbs and micro greens.
Like the idea of cross country skiing. Glad I live in a country where I don’t have to keep looking out for animals that might want to eat me 😂 Enjoy your Winter Wonderland. I’m enjoying Summer sun here Down Under in NZ listening to some Six60, Teeks and Stan Walker. You might enjoy too
Beautiful
Oh the deer enjoying the apple at the end 👍🏻
Recently just finished binge reading the warm bodies series and my first thought was why has no one realised what a genius this writer is. I tried desperately to buy all of the series in hard copy (not just kindle) because I’m one of those weird people that get so obsessed over some books that I need to own the hard copies in case hamsters (evil_ ) take over the world and eat all the kindle servers. Now imagine me finding your website and learning the living is out of print (boo) but you seem to have a UA-cam channel going (yay). Thank you for sharing your unique life. It gives me (us) a chance to say thank you for bringing the characters you created to life and being courageous enough to share them with the rest of us (especially those of us who call ourselves writers but lack your dedication to push the words into a book and actually release it to the world)
I too also had a special kindred feline, a regal lady who travelled across most of the country with us. She disappeared into the Tasmanian wilderness for over 6months and then appeared in time for us to enjoy her company a little longer before we said goodbye. So thank you for sharing your beautiful cat story.
Well thank you, if anyone's ever going to realize THAT, it will only be because of people like you insisting. :) And yes, The Living is caught in a tragic situation with the industry that I'm still trying to find a way through....
6:00 the deer: yes.
Your honest view of your situation and life is relatable. Thanks. Glad to be a subscriber.
You can count on me not to glamorize the shed life.
Wow the place is beautiful
Some of my best ideas came to me after a good run too!!!
I think it's a combination of increased blood flow to the brain, increased oxygenation of the blood, and maybe most importantly, the flow state you get when your body is fully occupied with something automatic, freeing your mind to work uninterrupted. Even the restless part of your mind gets occupied by the passing scenery, so you don't get distracted by boredom. It's the perfect conditions for solving mental puzzles.
You are refreshing thoughts
I'm late to the party 😂 hope you broke your writers block. And I enjoy seeing those beautiful views. Cant wait to see views like those on my travels, I'm slowly getting my van ready for the road! And Bob is so handsome!
I did break it! And oh man, I miss my van life era....
Yay!!! 😀 So far vanlife is going good. Once I save up alil money I will be able to leave my local area. Trying to figure out which direction to head in. Definitely west but it does depend on what time of year too lol 😂 don’t want to go south in the summer for sure! Have a beautiful day!
Bob suggests kitty meditation lol lay on the bed, hold him on your chest, close your eyes and focus on the purring. That sometimes helps when I get stuck, and nothing else is working.
This is actually a thing with us, but it's the reverse. I lean against my bed, and he immediately inserts himself under my chest. He likes to build a little cave there.
When I figured out how to walk on the crust I got super excited "Look at me! MASTER of the snow! Pound sand you silly Lynx and your giant feet!" Then I'd fall thru.
Also you can buy those shoe chains essentially, that just strap on to any shoe. I use them when walking on the lake.
It's such a great feeling! Really feels like levitation! And yeah, I actually got those shoe chains after recording this video, they work amazing well.
@OuterEdgeOutpost yay for shoe chains! And it does feel like levitating! My knees took some getting used to the feeling. It actually became easier to do after my back was fused, weirdly enough.
4:00 BOB❤❤❤
Let's connect! Definitely feel the divide of isolation and where you're supposed to go from there. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it.
Isaac, you also have to take into consideration that you are at a higher altitude and the temps are colder lol doubt it's that you're out of shape
Yes! Give me more things to blame!
@@OuterEdgeOutpost🤣❤
Hey man! Trevor from Osoyoos here. Not sure how far down the Okanogan you are , but you getting these crazy winds today? Anyway, i can identify with blockages. More the visual side of things for me. A good run used do it for me too. Get a treadmill? Sometimes the best remedy is to forget "the project" and temporarily focus on another. Dream journal. Or maybe you need a spa day .... maybe there's a good massage/chiro/sauna/hot tub situation in Wenatchee or something ? Self care? It seems tho, overall, what used to work in the past, no longer does .... so the fun/curse is the struggle to find a new motivation. And time is the only solution.
The wind has been INSANE. I tried to go running yesterday and even though I had a full face mask on, it just about froze my eyeballs. Hurts like hell, like eating too much ice cream. Woke up today to find ice on the INSIDE of my windows and my water pipes are frozen. Yikes. Laughing at your treadmill suggestion though-have you noticed I live in a shed with about 5 square feet of floor space? 😂 I would kill for a nice massage today, but I would not drive to Wenatchee for it... (I'm near Brewster)
Good luck up there, man, I bet it's even colder over the border!
Going to have to build a treadmill with those new wood working outhouse skills. Much safer than running in Bear country 😅
A wooden treadmill?? That sounds very steampunk.
@@OuterEdgeOutpost it would definitely take your mind off with troubling you ha! Hope your writers block has cleared 🙏🏼
❤👍
Gave a like for Bob in the picture at 7.29!
Bob always comes through in the clutch to snag those precious likes.
Its the blood flow to the brain
It's funny, I used to live in Seattle. so I kinda know what you're talking about. Crossing the Cascade range definitely changes the political climate, but for sure sometimes going into observer mode is a healthy thing.
The Cascades really feel like a portal between worlds. Everything changes the moment you pop out the other side. Having been over here a couple years now, Seattle stresses me the fuck out. There's a madness in the air there, I feel it.
A person after my own heart
Running at elevation is a whole different kind of suck and having to travel outdoors to relieve yourself makes the concepts of red or blue much less relevant, at least in my experience. Your mileage may vary. Thanks for the content!
This is so interesting, how long have you been out there? Ur videos just crossed my feed and I just subscribed.
I bought the land 3 years ago and started camping here, and then I got the shed and moved in full time 2 years ago. Still kinda getting the feel for this new life!
Pretty normal to feel cabin fever this time of the year especially given you literally live in a cabin. It's mighty cold where I live right now with a wind chill of minus 40 (celsius) and I start to feel pretty restless bordering on depressed when I can't get outside. This too shall pass. Hang in there. Snow shoes, a thermos of coffee, and bear spray will get you beating down your own thinking trail in no time.
Today's weather alert: ..."WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST SATURDAY...
Dangerously cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 20 to 35 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes."
Having just run out to my outhouse for the morning dump, can confirm!
🥶@@OuterEdgeOutpost
hello Isaac
I like to think that we as humans are able to tap into a lot more than we think. That there is a sort of unconscious collective ‘source’ of intelligence(?) that floats around the ether. When we can distract the thinking mind and get into a state of ‘flow’ (often achieved by repeating a mindless physical task) sometimes we can tap into that source and that’s when the best creative ideas happen. End unsolicited spiritual rant.
Please be careful out there and wear proper shoes? Running on that terrain looks like a good way to sprain an ankle.
I like your channel, I think I will hang around :) I did not read or see Warm Bodies, but now I’ll have to. You are a fantastic storyteller, very rhythmic and lyrical prose; I feel like people don’t write like this anymore. I worry short-form content is crushing good storytelling, but maybe I’m an out of touch millennial. I had Warm Bodies on my Netflix list earlier this fall but they didn’t keep it available long enough for me to get to it! There’s too much content Isaac! But that just means it must’ve been popular bc they always snatch back the good stuff on Netflix, it’s only available for a few months at a time.
That's pretty much the extent of my spiritual beliefs as well. Something like the Akashic Records maybe. Closest I've been able to find to a "meaning of life" that feels meaningful to me.
And thank you so much, I've been having such a good time making these videos. I feel like UA-cam is literally the last platform that still allows long form content. I put a lot of sweat and passion into Instagram before realizing it's just way too shallow to satisfy.
How long have your neighbors lived in your area? I imagine my wife and I living in a similar landscape and wonder how long it takes to slow down and adjust.
Most of the people I've met either grew up here or have been here over 20 years. I did meet one fellow transplant who was driving a golf cart around, collecting bull snakes to bring to his property to drive off the rattlesnakes. I think the transplants here are actually kookier than the locals. Probably cause you have to be a little kooky to stay here. :)
Geez…please Stop those comments about the “predators” ( who are on high alert when there is little food 😳)… I don’t know..if you “think” it and picture the image …you can manifest it… (about the camera thoughts I mean )
Love your videos…they are all like therapy🩷
I will buy your new book …and I don’t care what it’s about ….I just feel like I will KNOW the AUTHOR ( we you tube subscribers that follow your journey should be able to go to a special site where we can get a PAW PRINT and a signed signature ..LOL 😈😘🇨🇦
Yeah I'm bringing my bear spray next time! That "special site" is called Patreon. 😉 Having Bob sign books would be great, but he would probably only tolerate 2 or 3 before getting annoyed...
@@OuterEdgeOutpost 😂🩷
Until “next” time …TAKE CARE of U ‘n Bob ❣️❣️❣️🇨🇦
Try some cross country skiing
Ooh, that's actually an intriguing idea. There is a lot of wide open plains out here that are covered in snow most of the winter. Gliding along might be a lot more fun...
Cross country skiing?
I might try that! I wonder how it is going up hills? There are a lot of rolling up and downs here.
I find it to be hard as balls. Massive learning curve which will be stymied by any experience spent on downhill.
i would be afraid to slip and fall on that ice and snow. No thanks!
Yeah, bears, mountain lions, and coyotes. Not my cup of tea.
I hear coyotes in my semi-rural area during the evening. Joggers and byciclists get tracked down by packs, they make easy prey. I even have bob cats and coyotes in my backyard. Dont let your cat out unsupervised.
Writers block can get cleared when you focus on something else. Do you have any indoor hobbies? Try painting, thats safe!
9 out of 10 recommendations I get in these comments have the same rebuttal: I AIN'T GOT ROOM FOR THAT. 😂 There's literally no unoccupied surface area in the shed and I can't even turn around in my desk area without bumping into furniture. If I tried painting in here it would be a hilarious disaster. But I appreciate the ideas! :)
Random comment.
Deliberate, orderly reply.
In general, what is your method to find inspiration? I'm a writer too, even though I haven't written anything for years 😮💨
Well there's finding the initial inspiration/idea, and then there's writing it. For the first part, I just live my life in a way that I find inspiring, keep having new experiences, keep stirring the cauldron, and ideas always emerge. For the second part, actually executing the idea, it's a little more mechanical, just a matter of connecting all the pieces that I generated in the first stage. For that, I find high movement activities like walking, running, etc help jostle things around in my brain until they find their right place.
How did you find that isolated location?
Searched for a long time! There's a lot of remote land for pretty cheap in eastern Washington, but it was hard to find a spot that had good water potential, privacy, AND was affordable for me. I think I scored big on this spot. The view...
Well, you kept the camera running and famously in footages taken during disasters. The cameraman usually survives, so as long as you keep the camera, Rolling, if you encounter a mountain lion, then you should be alright 😅
Exactly. Cameraman perk, immune to damage while filming.
Why run when you can walk and smell the roses, or in your case smell the snow
Just a different feeling when you're moving fast through the scenery, and also much better exercise. I breathe heavy when trekking but I don't really break a sweat and my brain doesn't get hyper-oxygenated like it does when I run. But it's pretty challenging out here, with the snow.
buy some yaktrax so you dont slip man
Got some! (or similar brand) Helps a lot!
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Say what now?
Looks like the numbers are in. If you want to be a "UA-camr", you better make more cat videos 🤣
I mean all my videos are probably going to feature at least one cat, but I reeeeally don't want to become a "cat channel." As I've seen from what happened with my Watson video, the demographic that attracts is very...intense.
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You should try cold plunges!
Not until I can take a hot shower afterwards!
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You can’t really run in the snow it’s too slippy you could fall and injure yourself and give yourself a break it’s winter, chill time. I think a long walk would be just as good. ☺️
Walking might have to do for a while now that it's -8 with arctic blast winds. I need to be heavily bundled to go out at all.
You need a Hot Tub! 😘
I want one so bad. Saving that pleasure for when I get a house though...