Do you ever think of the easy life we have?
So you are standing there out in the woods while it’s raining. You really do not like the idea of staying that way and would like shelter of some sort. If you are going to have one it will take some thinking, materials and a schedule to build it. You will need some sort of plan in your mind of how it should be constructed. You could build a lean-to using a tarp (if you had one), or of branches. Whether or not you are aware of it you will have to schedule time to erect the shelter. You should do it when you can, where you can and do it before it rains.
More permanence than a lean-to requires either a cave or a log cabin. You must schedule again: a time to locate a cave or to clear a site and gather trees. Set aside hunting for now, find and gather the materials, then spend time building.
Want the convenience of more rooms? You must schedule gathering yet more lumber, or stones, and set aside time for the construction. Remember that time will include making a detailed construction plan and scheduling effort. Arrange other activities, like food gathering around building the structure.
Want an inside bathroom? Kitchen? More planing, scheduling and gathering of materials required. Have you thought of the tools you will need?
It’s nice to have other people around to grow our food, transport it to market, provide building materials and assemble it into housing, to generate and distribute electricity, to keep us safe from the few men who are criminally dangerous.
We rarely think of those things, or thank God for those things. We should.
