2021/6/11 #poetry Going outside every day is not that easy to do in my current abode. I could easily get out-of-doors but that wouldn't put me in the 'outdoors' so to speak and even so it is still comparatively more difficult than leaving a simple house. My plan is to make it easier for myself somehow. I think that having to change clothes really does increase resistance significantly. I think it has to do with how long it will take from the time I think to take the action of stepping out the door to actually doing it. Any preparations, especially ones that will initially reduce my comfort, are barriers. I won't have a problem tomorrow since I'll be meeting someone at an appointed time. When I'm on a schedule the reverse process happens, instead of counting forward from now to leaving I must count back from leaving to now and that creates a plan and action steps. The benefits of going outside are really amazing. Even for a few minutes. It changes how I think and feel. I think that it is worth the effort, especially here in this apartment above the trees and devoid of internal or external greenery. The few trees that are visible out the windows are certainly a lifeline but don't give the impression of a natural setting. Oh, what a backyard can mean. I used to have one. It was a place to be outside that was easy, almost effortless, to get to. The patio here doesn't quite do it. There's no dirt. Some in a planter doesn't really help. Still nice to go out to the patio, but I couldn't rely on that as a dose of nature.