Day 3,408

Growth:

Life is so much more simple when hiking outside! No stress, no deadlines, no urgency, no phones, no distractions. If we want focused one on one time to connect the time in the woods is one of the best places to create space.

Appreciation:

Each day I’m spending time walking back through my plan for the year. As I go over it again and again I’m finding that there are slightly different iterations sinking in each day, little nuggets embedding themselves into my subconscious that I’m pretty much unaware of until they happen to appear in action. Today was the focus on remembering to watch my mental diet as I was taking in a book about free diving. Another was when I caught myself taking a cold shower for the second day in a row as I start to put together my next four week goal towards my annual goals. It may seem monotonous some days, others I almost skip it as I already have it pretty much memorized, but as long as I rememebr to put in the reps each day I’m seeing progress slowly but surely being made.

Presence:

When Gavin and I took our hike in the bluffs this afternoon we shot the bull and enjoyed the time together. This completely the trifecta for me. Over the past month or so I’ve been out on the same trail with Becky, Dominic, and Gavin solo for a hike. In each case we had a wonderful time talking, connecting, and spending time with each other. While I stated it above I cannot overemphasize how awesome the undistracted and unrushed time together was.

Thanks!!!