ADULTS ARE CLUELESS ABOUT HOW TO CARRY OUT OUTDOOR TASKS _ Adults are mostly clueless about how to carry out a number of outdoor tasks, such reading a compass or putting up a tent. The survey found a third of adults would be unable to navigate their way around with just a map, while 79 percent would have no idea how to find clean water. More than nine in 10 couldn’t identify which mushrooms would be safe to eat and 85 percent would be unable to build a raft. The outdoors skills we can’t do:
• Know which mushrooms are safe to eat – 92 percent
• Follow animal tracks – 88 percent
• Create a make-shift fishing rod/net – 86 percent
• Identify edible plants/leaves/berries – 85 percent
• Build a raft – 85 percent
• Navigate using the sun – 85 percent
• Give a distress signal – 85 percent
• Identify three or more constellations – 83 percent
• Purify water – 83 percent
• Tie more than three kinds of knots – 82 percent
• Find clean water – 79 percent
• Find the North Star – 75 percent
• Build a temporary shelter – 74 percent
• Assemble a tent without instructions – 65 percent
• Climb a tree – 61 percent
• Deliver first aid – 58 percent
• Read a compass – 52 percent
• Cook on a camp stove – 43 percent
• Read a map – 37 percent
MANY OF US THINK WE’RE RECYCLING THE WRONG WAY _ Americans don’t know how to recycle. A survey revealed 62 percent of us worry that a lack of knowledge is causing us to recycle incorrectly. Basically, we struggling with what we can and can’t recycle. The biggest recycling fail in the U.S. is pizza boxes. A pizza box — or any paper product — that is stained with grease or food is not recyclable unless you remove all of the soiled portions.
SIX VULNERABLE QUESTIONS TO DEEPEN ANY RELATIONSHIP _ Psychologist Maya Raichoora has six vulnerable questions to deepen any relationship.
• What’s something I could be doing better in this relationship?
• When was the last time you felt seen/heard by me and why?
• Since you first met me, how have I changed?
• What is something you’re afraid to tell me and why?
• What is something you see in me that I don’t see in myself?
• What is something you have taught me, and how have I used it in my life?
