I love getting the amazing artisan quality honey from his honey hives
Life is a lot easier and depression is more manageable when you have hobbies to keep your mind active. I think that part of my brother’s issue is he only has the internet as a way to blow off steam when he’s not working. Endlessly consuming throw-away content everyday isn’t good for your mental health. There’s a reason why crafts are so popular in group therapy and especially at mental hospitals. It sometimes has the power to shut off the area of one’s mind that always worries or feels imminent dread. There’s something magical about manipulating something in real time and seeing the end results of your efforts. My depression would be a lot worse than it is if I didn’t have playing guitar as an activity. My younger sibling took after me instead of our brother, and right now he’s getting more engrossed with amateaur beekeeping. He worked for years as a pest exterminator and was often called to homes for bee eradication and rescue. If it was bee rescue work, the hives would be collected along with the bees and they’re all taken to a nature preserve. Since he’s used to dealing with bees while rarely getting stung, it seemed a natural progression for him to become a hobbyist beekeeper. I love getting the amazing artisan quality honey from his honey hives. He says that tending to his bees gives him a sense of inner peace that he rarely gets from anything else. I guess it’s great that he started beekeeping as a way to keep himself sane in this chaotic world.