Keep in Mind Folks, that Ben Originally said, -that this Hypothetical (But It Can Very Well also Be Real!) Survival Situation, -Involves "Nothing to Do" Moments when One's Survival Basics and Tasks HAVE Already Been Attended To!

Yes, -Those Survival Imperatives Sooner or Later Will Return, -and One Must then Firstmost Get Back Onto Them!

But While you are in Such "Between Survival Tasks" of Down Time, -What Might One Suggest, or Like to Do, -to either Pass, or "Gainfully" Make Use of What Could Otherwise be Idle Time?

That I Feel is the Spirit and Question here.

Personally, I've Thot of Things Such as Reviewing and Learning my Self Taught Foreign Languages Vocabulary, -Things of That Sort.

(Incidentally, -I'd like to someday Cull Together a Basic List, -of some Most Important Survival Words and Phrases, -in the Chiefmost World Languages. This Admittedly Ancillary Area of our Entire Survival Sphere, -Can Nevertheless Come In Very Important and Handy! Far From our Entire World, and All the Environments we can Find Ourselves Thrown Into!, -Speak English!, You Know!).

Or One might rather Solve various Mental Math Problems.

Or Towards Going on Imaginary Trips and Reminiscing on Memories, -

To the Already Mentioned Just Enjoying!, and Learning From!, -Nature and the Great Outdoors!

Also a Practicing of various Survival and Outdoor Skills, -From Knots to Fires to Many Things Else, -Would be Another.

As would Going Out to Gather Up *Extra* Firewood!, -Over and Above What you Think might be your Needs!

Having some Small and Lightweight Reading Material, would be Another.

As would Journal or Log type Entries, or Other Writing! Many Other Possibilities Exist!

If you for example Want to Remodel a Room Back Home, -Think and Plan How you might Go About Doing It! This can Serve to "Kill Two Birds with One Stone"! One Such "Bird" is With you now here in the Wilderness. The Other is Back at Home! You'll Save Yourself some Thinking and Planning Later!

Or you Can either Make a Conscious Effort To Think About Life / Your Life, and What It's All About! Or Just Let Such Thoughts and Reflection Come! You're *Not* Too Busy with Other Things in Life Now! You have No such "Excuse" Now! It's Now a Perfect Oppurtunity to Just Sit Back and Think! This Same Goes for Just Enjoying the Beauty and All of Nature Around you!

Many Other Great, "Something To Do!", Possibilities Exist! A Great Overall List of Such, -Can Go On!

So in the Down, "Nothing to Do" Times *Between* your Vital Survival Tasks!, -What Might we Do to Pass or Fruitfully Occupy such Down Time?! Thats the Spirit and Substance of the Question here. [color:"black"] [/color] [email]benjammin[/email]