Need to take an important decission

Hello there fello lainons! I've been for a while now lurking around, but this will be my first post, so forgive my ignorance if I do something wrong. I've been working for about 6 months as a developer, it's cool yes, but I feel like this is not my thing at all, I dont like messing with big projects made by other people whose coding practices are questionable, nor I enjoy spending my time working for someone else, I'm aware that many of you have very successful careers and work for big companies, what I say only applies to my personal situation. I'm not working in my home country, so I dont know anyone, which allows me to save tons of money. I need to decide what to do now, I want to start something by myself, but I dont know exactly where to look at. In the best scenario I'd be looking for options with the comfort of having a job and a salary, but when I'm back home I'm mentally exhausted, barely have time to study or dedicate time to personal projects. What do I plan to do? First, I want to build a website, to practice both my front-end and back-end skillz. I might need some advice on which technologies should I use. Second, camping and survival gear(boots, backpack, tarp... ). I want to spend a long time wandering the european forests, living a simple and frugal lifestyle to have more time to listen to myself and take the next move. Third, using the previously built website to share my adventure with you guys, I'm so hyped about all the things that I can learn from you, and hopefully you guys might get something of value from my experiences. Fourth, enlightening is what I seek from this experience, thus I kindly ask you guys to help me and build a small selection of books, to carry on my kindle, the preferred topics are CS, Math, Physics but you can really recommend whatever you think might be useful for a loser looking for adventures. If this happens to work, you guys might see the evolution of a very average person into something else. Thank you in advance lainons, and sorry for my broken English. Kek.

I don't have any advice to give, but good luck! What country are you from? Which forests to do want to roam around in?

Hey lainon! OP here. I'm Spanish/Italian, Spanish mom and Italian Father. Been born and raised in Valencia, Spain. To answer the second question I think it might be appropriate to provide more details about my plan. Ideally I would start the journey within the first week of September, where? Well as I'm a beginner I thought that starting in Spain would be the safest bet. I've grown up there, so I would have more freedom to maneuver in difficult situations(like breaking my leg in the middle of nowhere lol). I didnt set a route yet, as it depends on how much time I'll be wandering around. I can say tho, that I'm almost certain It might be around the middle-south of the peninsula, as it is warmer during autumn and winter, then, if this continues until spring I would love to move to the green lush north, and then move to France through the Pyrenees, but that's looking too deep into the future! Starting the journey on September means that I still have a few months to save up some money, build a website where I can post entries about my adventure: what I've learned, what I'll be doing and share the experience in general, I'll give more details about the site when I gather enough info and put my ideas together. I'm also thinking about making a spreadsoykaf about the materials that I'll require(camping gear, mainly) so you can offer me some feedback. For the learning materials, I'm going to set myself a plan to sharpen my math and physics, I want to move from the software engineering sector to AI, can't wait to put my hands on it. I'll share a spreadsoykaf with my study plan and resources, I'm planning to create a repo to share the projects that I develop to practice the different topics before mentioned. I wont ask you about resources on math and physics as there are plenty within lainchan. Resources about basic survival skills, orientation, and anything that you think might come in handy for wild camping scenarios will be welcome doe! My biggest passions are tech, physics and biology. I'm willing to find inspiration within the wild nature, look for ideas about cool projects that could involve these disciplines. On my back I will have the strength and wisdom of this community, as I wander around the mountains, forests and rural villages of my country. Oh! If the ancient wandering Greek apprentices heard of this!

OP here bringing some updates! I've made a spreadsheet dedicated to the camping gear, everything is open to discussion, I might've missed things or added unnecesary ones, maybe the product that I've chosen is suboptimal, looking forward for your feedback lainons! Keep in mind that I'll be wandering around the eastern side of the iberian peninsula, with a strong mediterranean weather, during autumn. So try to adapt your suggestions to that! The spreadsoykaf: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lfGoE1BRMvzD_79DZiLrxQ4lm33ovuEaFFyezvnZzIQ/edit#gid=0

>>11277 This sounds very comfy, I hope you have a great time! Not much advice to offer but I do a lot of hiking and I can't recommend enough buying your boots in person in a store rather than online. Having a good pair of boots that fit you well will make so much difference. If you go into a proper outdoors store the staff should be able to recommend the best fit for the terrain. Honestly it's the best investment you can make for long treks.

>>11277 you do not need two pairs of boots. Get running shoes for when you're not moving camp. Bring a small pot. I didn't see that in your equipment list, you'll want it. If you can afford it get one specifically designed for backpacking, it will be much lighter than most. Make your own first aid kit. At the bare minimum it should have some disinfectant, some lubricant, some moleskin, a lot of tape, some bandages, a needle, some string, and some aspirin. You'll mostly be using this to patch your feet up when you get blisters. Get one of those inflateable air mattresses designed for backpacking. You do not need extremely warm clothes for that climate(unless you're mountaineering). Sweat pants, a windbreaker, a fleece, a beanie, and a waterproof rain coat are more than enough for anything that climate will throw at you. Maybe some long underwear if you get cold easily. Use regular workout shorts for hiking in unless it's cold. If you bring cotton clothes, you will have to wash your clothes and your self more frequently, as the sweat will collect. Bring no more than two shirts, two pairs of underwear, and three pairs of socks. Get non-cotton socks designed for hiking they're worth it. Make sure you get your boots in person. Don't buy them without walking around in them a little. The stiffer your ankle the better. Coleman usually makes pretty meh boots, I wouldn't trust them for a long-term backpacking trip unless I've had them for a while. This is the thing you do not want to cheap out on. Also: break in your boots with a few long day hikes first. You will want a 60L backpack, at least. a flawless backpacking recipe: two packets of ramen, only one of the flavor packets. Boil it with some jerky. Voila, delicious meat & noodle soup.

>>11330 a few other things: -bring a trash bag big enough to contain your whole backpack. Put all your soykaf in this trash bag when it rains. -bring a trowel and some toilet paper -bring a headlamp -bring pure DEET. I have had the same tiny bottle for years, it works really well(spray a little and spread it around) ... idk, I don't really make packing lists any more but basically you'll want to go through your envisioned daily routine, and have some tool which can accomplish every part of it easily and for cheap.

Hi OP here, thank you so much for your feedback Lain! I'll update the spreadkeef as soon as I'm back from work, also, about pure DEET, wouldnt Citronella be a better option? I've read DEET makes your skin go soykafty. About buying the boots in person, good point, I'll keep that in mind! On this weekend I'll do some major updates and I'll post them here. Until then, Lain!

Here are two books I liked about the evolution of cognition and meaning. Related to AI but much more philosophy based than computer science.

>>11335 DEET fuarrrks with your skin but if you use it sparingly its not so bad, and its very effective.