/lit/ - Literature

I've always been patriotic in that sense that I would defend my country if needed. I served my conscription in 2011 and since then my fitness has dropped steadily until two years ago I started to cycle and lift. I also deleted all my social media accounts which resulted in me reading more books and a lot more non fiction.

Now after the Russian invasion of Ukraine the will to defend one's country has greatly increased here in Finland where it already was very high among people. No exceptions with me.

There is some sort of synchronicity here. My fitness has increased and so has my patriotism and now I want to apply in Finnish Territorial Forces, which in short consists of volunteer reservists that actively take part in FDF exercises. And the main requirement for joining is being fit enough.

They actually held an info talk about the Territorial Forces at the end of our conscription and back then it seemed that it was only for military larpers that want to make 40 km marches with combat gear every fucking weekend just for fun. Applying didn't seem very tempting when we were just about to leave long marches behind and return to a normal life.

But now it all makes sense.