Okay, I started reading this book. It was written by Isabel Losada and it’s called Environmentalism (How To Practise Without Preaching). It’s a really good read and I recommend it literally to everybody. It highlights the biggest environmental issues we face and suggests steps we can each do in our daily routines to do our part. So… I’ve been vegan for a minute and I consider myself moderately conscious when it comes to some things. I don’t shop for clothes (and most of things too, for that matter) anymore, I genuinely dislike owning more things than I need and I generally try to re-use things to their limit. Apart from some swag (which I compensate with tattoos), I don’t feel I’ve lost much. On the contrary, in this sense, I feel better than before. I’m still far from perfect tho. Really fucking far. Partly because I move around a lot so I don’t ever really get into thinking about a place I’m staying at as something I wanna cultivate for the future. And party because this world really puts obstacles in your fucking way. I’m not gonna go too deep here but we really need to re-think this whole plastic thing. Plastic should be banned. Or taxed to the degree when it doesn’t make sense anymore. It should become an absolute standard to walk up to a store with reusable containers for liquid products (both drinks and cosmetics) and it plastic bags for fruits just shouldn’t exist at all. And if yes, they should cost like 150 EUR each. And a punch in a face on top of it. I hate this. I buy the biggest possible packages of beans and pasta I can get my hands on but my house is still flooded with plastic. It’s everywhere. I really liked wet markets in Shanghai. They weighted everything and even though the ladies looked at me a bit crazy, they were happy to put the shit in bags I brought with myself. Here? Nope. Being encouraged to drop plastics out your life should be like the number one priority of our leaders. And it doesn’t look too complicated honestly. Well… Just got reminded of how fucked things are. Read the book tho. Every single effort is felt and appreciated. It’s a bit tiring trying to fight the machine but hey… I believe in energy. So keep you energy clean. Don’t poison it with bullshit. On any level. Limiting ways of fucking up the environment for the future generations is not such a bad thing now, is it…
Okay, back to this motherfucker. Last week was pretty cool. I spent some more time with the guy visiting from my hometown. He went for a try dive, after which he decided to go through with the whole course. So we spent Tuesday and Wednesday doing OWD. It was after nearly a month in water for me. And I loved it. Conditions were beautiful, visibility was great, turtles were there. Abades rocked. This is what I wanna do here and there. Even if I hang up this whole diving instructor thing (which seems absolutely inevitable), I wanna do a course once in a while for a friend. It’s such a treat. The guy did great, another certification on my belt.
I also did a short hike by myself. I went by the Abades exit and went up. The navigation was taking me up the steepest hills and I almost fried Pluto. After some time, I gave up, did a different hike on the way back instead and by in Abades for another shorter hike and a coffee on the way back. Wednesday and Thursday, I met with my friend from Adeje. One evening, we hung out around Cristianos, the other, we watched Fight Club. Over the years, that shit has become a comfort movie for me. Fucking classic. Saturday, I drove up to Radazul for a hangout. I’d never actually been there before. It’s just next to Tabaiba, where I dived on countless occasions, but I’d never made it there. Nice town, cool evening.
Today, I met the guy after couple of days again. In Abades again. Beach convo, coffee, lunch in Medano. Happy days. Did some teaching in the afternoon and I’m bout to meet my Adeje friend later on. Overall, a good week.
It’s Sunday evening. I’m sipping on some tea, puffing some smoke and listening to some rap. I hope everybody’s doing beautiful out there. Sending some good energy to everybody who needs it. Or wants it. And love to all my people. Now and forever. One!
Highlights:
- Doing the OWD.
- The night drives.
- The hangouts.
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