I quit – Peak indifference, big tobacco

Re:I quit – Peak indifference, big tobacco by SkipperCat on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @06:17PM (#28610709)

What you are doing is a core tenant of survival training. When in a situation that seems doomed (ie: lifeboat in the ocean, lost deep in the woods, etc), you don't focus on what will happen tomorrow, you just do what you need to do to survive the next 4 hours. You repeat this over and over until things get better.

Check out the book "Deep Survival" by Laurence Gonzales if interested.

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Re:I quit – Peak indifference, big tobacco by nradov on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @06:35PM (#28610879)

Same thing in endurance sports racing (running, cycling, etc.). Mentally break the race down into little pieces. Just suffer for one more minute. Make it to the next mile marker.

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Re:I quit – Peak indifference, big tobacco by bashinator on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @10:57AM (#28617034)

Hah! When I’m doing reps at the gym, I’ll count down the Fibonacci sequence, so a set of ten I’d count five, then three, then two. Works like a charm when each subset is “easier” than the previous one.

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Re:I quit – Peak indifference, big tobacco by pram on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @08:54PM (#28611941)

It’s good advice. Although from my experience this is truly automatic and effortless when you’re extremely hungry, tired, and cold. I went through USAF SERE school and you have little opportunity to start worrying about tomorrow, or even 4 hours from now really ;P

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