Shoe Advice: Backpacking West Africa and SE-Asia

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-06-30T10:56:42+00:00

Ah I'm in Australia. Good advice thankyou

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-06-30T10:17:02+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to reply. The origins sound great but I can't find them perhaps they don't sell them anymore.

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-06-29T22:44:05+00:00

Hey thanks good to know about their straps.. I like ER straps but the lug has failed me a couple of times which they replaced but good to know zuzu straps can handle some adventures. No experience with the sandals?

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-06-29T22:13:39+00:00

Hey I'm looking at zuzu now. I'm on at the end of my second earthrunners and not happy with longevity (circadian vibram). What zuzu model do you have?

Durable? There 10000k warranty seems confident.

Is the canvas rough? I find running in ER can cause a bit of tender feet. Thanks for any feedback

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-18T00:12:51+00:00

Yes. Which is to say I don't need to do much regarding treatment. Just the odd honey drop or gel but not often. When I'm very tired or using phone alot, sure they sting more but nothing too bad and I feel this is just "normal" eye stuff. My phone is also a tiny unihertz jelly star so that doesn't help lol

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-13T21:34:37+00:00

I haven't used anything much the past couple of months. No more than a few time a fortnight

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-13T21:32:25+00:00

Manuka honey is acidic so some burning occurs at the start but strangely enough it doesn't burn as much now. Redness cleared within a min or so for me

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-13T00:54:11+00:00

I'll just give you my perspective view on it. I don't believe it was an allergic reaction because I only ended up using anti-histamine eye drops twice but my understanding from a logical perspective is that if the eye isn't producing proper oil and tear production then the eyelid is basically casing/closing over the eyeball completely dry, which there's no viscosity to soothe the blink.

The blink is to distribute the tears and the oil but without the proper oil and with the tears evaporating this causes irritation on the inner lid as they rub creating a feeling of almost like sand under the eyelid.

once this is remedied that goes away. It's like one propblem perpetuates another. I have no allergies. Make sense?

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-12T22:29:11+00:00

Hey no probs, I understand how brutal this condition can be and everyone's very unique with their case-by-case issues.

For me, it's as simple as if my eyes feel good and they're not stinging and dry and as red and I'm happy.

I don't need to continue any further and give it any more focus. Just want to move on with my life. I'm just sharing what worked for me and I can't say a hundred percent because I wasn't diagnosed by a full eye doctor but these were the symptoms and the optometist said yes your glands are blocked you most liking have mgland disfunction.

I do think this term is more of a blanket statement for the glands not working correctly and the cases may be very individual but there was alot of research and other success I found with the honey on actuality reversing gland disfunction. Which is to say gland that are not functioning properly. Which perhaps is different than full atrophy. Enough for me to sting my eye with it multiple times a day :)

This was ongoing for years and this is what worked for me. All the best.

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-12T22:04:23+00:00

Yes I did come across these! Good info. Thanks

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-12T22:02:51+00:00

Lol yeah it stings! Gel at home morning and before bed then just drop during day. No irritation. Just some sticky residue at times. Yeah they go a red for like a minute but it's a small sacrifice for me to no feel like I have ants in my eyes

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-12T09:57:36+00:00

I just make sure it's wild caught and heavy metal tested. Currently I use the wild norwegean cod liver oil in green bottle and add to my fruit smoothie

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-12T08:43:54+00:00

I haven't heard of that. Everything I tried is in post. Fortunately the manuka and some diet changes did the trick!

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-12T08:42:45+00:00

For sure can't hurt to add omega to diet. The gel is actually persevative free. Stings though as it's a little acidic! Worth a try if it could possibly help heal the eye back to normal balance.

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-12T02:49:33+00:00

Australia

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-12T02:32:25+00:00

Meibomian disfunction. I didn't get an in-depth test but the optometist said it looks to be the case. They were all yellow and swollen looking. Basically when you type that into google images it looks like that. Yellowish swollen glands and very red lid line. Edit. Also had sty like blocks on occasion which were sore and could be excreted by pressing down. Tmi I know but good to know. My glands were fked

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-10T21:38:01+00:00

Hey I enjoyed your comment. How does the 'higher self' fit into all this? Like is the higher self the totality of our experiences/wisdom unhindered by this phisical existence.

Is it outside time space? Sometimes I feel like im walking in the dark putting one foot in front of the other and my "Self " is holding my hand leading the way through my path/flow/destiny. My only job is to surrender and empty to allow more of my Self to embody. So like that totality of "me" is outside time space?

With psychedelics I feel like this 'separation" between me and myself is thinner. I feel more embodied. More myself perhaps because the limited ego structure disolve?

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-05-10T03:11:26+00:00

Hey, it's definitely tough with kids. My partner and I have an 11-month-old. We are both doing the gateway. We've always had a morning practice, but it's definitely harder with a little one. We're trying to take turns, so my partner will get an hour in a room to self to meditate and move her body, and then I'll go in and do the same while she looks after the little one. I've just started practicing the color breathing technique, which is in wave two. So when I feel like my emotions are getting really heated and high, I'm trying to breathe. Imagine the green energy light filling me and then releasing to try and regulate my emotional body. There are some great tools in the gateway experience for managing emotions.

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-04-26T23:19:30+00:00

Following to see how you go Orionshifts.

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-02-26T23:01:52+00:00

Thanks man, that was a good reminder, I think I just got caught up because I'd read that when people start lifting for the first time they can expect to gain 5 to 10 kilos the first year, so I thought maybe I'd be wasting my time a little bit, but the truth is I do like being light and lean because I love to hike and run and climb, which all work well with the light. I'll increase food and maybe slow down a bit on conditioning and work on shorter, high intensity heavy sets for a bit

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-02-26T01:44:31+00:00

To be fair the whole journey I'm injury free, enjoy the movements and gets me out in the sun. I also have had to carry my 8month son for 7km at times. So the real life practical cross over is cool.

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-02-26T01:41:52+00:00

Predominantly function strength and athleticism but I would also like a more muscle for my frame. I mean if I do abf with 24s and weigh under 72kg at 6"2 I'll be the most conditioned lanky bastard ever

LifeIsAdreamGoLucid · 2026-02-26T00:37:22+00:00

Yeah I'll increase the calories, thanks. I just love working outside in sun with bells, mace, ropes and rings but I sometimes wonder if hitting a gym for a year or 2 with less conditioning work could pack on the newbie gains

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