It was immensely disconcerting for me at first to not have a watch; then, as I realized that “time” was not important, it became immensely relaxing—I was living by nature’s rhythms, by my internal clock. “Time” disappeared. It was wonderful. When we returned to society, everyone seemed so foolish and abrasive to me, hurrying to do this or that. I missed the wilderness; I missed being free of the constraints of time.
