I messed up. I fell while skiing, twisted my knee, and felt a pop…

What this incident revealed to me is my tendency to choose anxiety and stress over peaceful and relaxed….

I had a birthday last week! My recent tradition I started a few years back is taking a longer hike on my own for my birthday. Here’s why I love hiking:  It’s an activity that touches on many of my values at once and also provides opportunities to gain insights about myself…

Every adventure needs a moment when you start to think - “Maybe I should go back... Oh no, maybe I made the wrong choice.”

A larger part of my message is to figure out how movement is part of the daily habits, activities, and events that make up the majority of our lives.

Back in the morning of a cold, but sunny day in January, I got a crazy idea. I’d seen people do this on the internet (which is a trusted source for wise and safe counsel) and thought, “That looks like fun, I’m sure I can do that.”Sometimes you get an urge to do something followed by a voice in your head that says “Am I going to regret this?”
I’m wondering if there’s a better way to know the answer to that question that’s not totally reliant on hindsight… Let’s continue…

It’s interesting, when motivation is high, external obstacles can be dealt with. The weather’s bad, the schedule is delayed, the money’s gone, your collaborators drop out, and yet, somehow you’re not deterred and you find a way. But when your motivation is low, the slightest annoyance can be enough to stop you in your tracks…

Sometimes it's cold and raining and it's so easy to give in to the inertia justifying "the conditions aren't right. Not today. I'll do it later." But most often, if I show up anyway, I find that even the cold and rain and ice are magical experiences. ⁠

It's not the external conditions that matter (most often) but the internal experience that guides the outcome…

I’m a little embarrassed to say this… but I pushed too far… Twice.
I gave myself frostbite. A mild case. You may call it “frost nip”. I don’t even think I knew I did it at the time, but a week or two later, the skin peeled off a few of my toes…
How did this happen?
What are the limits?
What I know for sure…
and the process for action that I’m currently developing…