A quick one,....can't promise how long I will be here this time but I have a message whilst it lasts.....
In case any one of you enthusiasts out there, are wondering why I post all these notes? It may seem strange to a NON time-traveller, I realise that now....
Well remember in school you thought history was boring......?
ITS NOT! It's absolutely vital to know about history if you're into time travel. Don't even think for one second that you can just time travel and everything is going to be alright!
Because its NOT going to be alright!!!! I am speaking from personal experience here....
There are more than 1 000 000 things that can go wrong BUT knowing about history can help you avoid certain unpleasant situations. Maybe not altogether but certainly it will help you a little, just to know what the hell you have gotten yourself into.
When I first stated TTing, I was so ignorant. It seemed so adventurous and I went for the wrong reasons. I have been stuck more times that I can care to remember and no matter how much I learn and journal about, I cant seem to learn enough. Its frustrating at times. Its life threatening definitely.
I cant begin to describe the experience but its certainly not what I expected. I also makes you kind of immortal - which is depressing really - another thing I did not even consider or feel before.
Look at it this way - you have success and you travel back - you live there however long or you go hopping from time frame to time frame - what ever your success is and your original plan. Then you actually manage to return to your correct time and place....so now your a different person really... do you know what I mean?
I mean you have experienced so much, lived through thing others don't know about, prob. either no one or very few people even knew you went, a very select group anyway at the most. You have grown as a person and of course you are now FAR OLDER having lived a certain time away and then return to the exact time you left - you could for example now be actually sixty years old considering your time travels and when you left you were only say 40 years old... that's not even extreme! Seriously.
So now your actually 60 years old in a 40 year old's body but your mind has aged! You see and feel things differently. What if you say lost your hand or arm in a battle - how do you return and explain that or avoid that even. So many things,... I don't have time at this time to explain further. I may have to shut off at any moment. Let me continue where I was....
Firstly its essential to know where you want to go and then to learn all about that place and time. Its also vital to learn about anything to do with the whole surrounding area and invasions, wars etc You need to k now what there was to eat and all that and your survival skills and building shelters etc is critical. You need to know how people lived.
Than you need to know everything, I mean everything and work out just how you will manage to be accepted by a community of people who are most likely narrow minded and you have ABSOLUTELY NOT CONNECTIONS or anyone who can help you. You will seriously miss family and friends and you will most definitely REGRET you decision, regardless of where to plan to time travel too.
Then you need to plan for mishaps - YES they happen.
You could go to the wrong place or even the right place but the wrong time. You may arrive in winter and be dressed for summer. Its also kind of useful to take an invisibility spell with you that you have practiced relentlessly to perfection. It may sound silly but believe me, its something I had not thought of but apparently it does exist and there are times you definitely need it. SERIOUSLY - you life will depend on it.
In the past, magic was stronger - this I know from personal experience. Its not something I even knew about much less believed in and yet, I do know this now as a fact..... Its a real eye opener! I tell you that.
Then there's that tricky bit about getting stuck and not being able to come back.
There's that contingency plan YOU SO NEED, when things don't turn out how you think and you get miserable and homesick and you can't get back. It can get desperate out there, it can! You have no idea.
If you think life is difficult in this current time-frame - you have no idea of how difficult life has been in the past!!! Think about it now before you go!
So that's just a small hint about why I post info that I think could be life saving, ....it for both me and you both.
That's all I can manage at the moment. I have been stuck in a time-frame for months and months and just go back - I'm not sure when I can talk again.
Signing out.
*PS - you can email me with requests and I will post my research on your topic of choice. Advice too and plan discussions. I will reply when I can.
Thats all folks
