It really is funny... I'm such a stubborn mule that most people say, "Don't tell me how to live my life!" is my catchphrase. And you hear people saying things like, "Just a little bit of exercise will do wonders for your mood," or, "Just getting outdoors and into nature will make you feel so much better about everything," and I'm over here saying, "You don't know me!"
But then I get out there and just do it, and then I start thinking, "Hey, maybe there is something to this."
Amazingly, the first hike we ever did was seven miles, and we were completely and woefully unprepared - just dressed in casual clothes and sneakers, no packs, no water, no food, nothing. We were hot, and tired, and miserable when we got to the 3.5-mile marker and said, "Well, no choice but to finish now."
Somehow we came out of that experience with a desire to do it again and again and again, which is really not like me at all! Or maybe it is like me, and I just never really let myself be "me" before...
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Date: 2020-10-26 08:26 pm (UTC)But then I get out there and just do it, and then I start thinking, "Hey, maybe there is something to this."
Amazingly, the first hike we ever did was seven miles, and we were completely and woefully unprepared - just dressed in casual clothes and sneakers, no packs, no water, no food, nothing. We were hot, and tired, and miserable when we got to the 3.5-mile marker and said, "Well, no choice but to finish now."
Somehow we came out of that experience with a desire to do it again and again and again, which is really not like me at all! Or maybe it is like me, and I just never really let myself be "me" before...