Dee Anna Andy Hamilton new wild order detergents to see if it helped my skin( and really if anyone would notice), I microdosed to improve my moods, starved myself or rather fasted just as our ancestors would have done to see if it stopped food cravings or helped reduce inflammation, I even altered how I poo! And to improve my mental health I camped in woodlands for days, joined a choir and a drum circle and took up painting.
I was led to each experience by solid science and backed up my findings as I went. The text is densely researched as a result, another reason why I wanted as much time as I could to write it.
Writing the book has profoundly changed me. It’ s pushed my writing practice outside and by which I mean, I write with a notepad and pen outside. I now try to spend around five hours a day or more outside every day. The optimum amount you need to ensure a good night’ s sleep. I’ ve learned to stop ruminating on past problems and I’ ve deleted all of my social media accounts. I also turned 50 last year and I now feel that I’ ve become
the man I hoped I would. I don’ t feel that this journey has yet finished, rather that somehow the book simply encapsulated a period of time for me. In that sense I’ m now left wondering, when does a book truly stop?
P4 New Wild Order, P5 TOP in the woods, MIDDLE LEFT the bench where I sit daily, MIDDLE RGHT Fly Agaric mushroom, BOTTOM LEFT urban foraging, BOTTOM RIGHT out of reach
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