Be a Hunter-Gatherer

Monday Mountain

May 2, 2016

We live life in a very civilized society. We go to stores where they sell items that are baked, slaughtered, harvested, canned, and manufactured for us to consume. We are consumers. We live an easy life when it comes to having to acquire our nutrition in day-to-day living.

You may have believed that I was going to talk about living some sort of paleolithic lifestyle, one where you would have to legitimately hunt and gather your food. I'm not going to talk about your food.

When it comes to being a Hunter-Gatherer, they are known for spending most of their time either stalking animals to kill or foraging through vegetation for produce.  In the Stone Age, this was the way of daily life. In our day and age, being a hunter-gatherer is still about foraging and hunting, but in a different sense.

The hunter is focused, well-versed in the habits of their prey, enjoy the success of the kill, invest all effort into the hunt, and following the kill the feast fuels their future successes.

The gatherer is perceptive, aware of their surroundings, knowledgeable on the beneficial food sources, creatively collect healthy energy sources, and shares the harvest with its loved ones.

Being a hunter-gatherer today should be focused and perceptive. They know their enemies and are aware their position in every situation. The success of the harvest and the hunt they provide proves to be success for the individual and their team. Each action and objective are comparable to something in modern life...
Go forth and use the resources available to you and work hard on harnessing them for growth in your tribe.