Very few people (yes, my hand is raised) like change. Change is unfamiliar, outside your comfort zone, and therefore scary. Familiar equals safe, or at least that’s what most of us tell ourselves, even if what’s familiar is making you unhappy. But there really is no guarantee of comfort or safety in nature. Refusing to […]
A One Wild Life list (read mine here) is simply a list of anything you want to do while you’re still around. It’s filled with things you most want to have/be/do/say, and it’s meant to help you clarify what matters to you. Read why you should make one here. It can be as long or […]
A One Wild Life list (read mine here) is simply a list of anything you want to do while you’re still around. It’s filled with things you most want to have/be/do/say, and it’s meant to help you clarify what matters to you. Here’s why you should make one too: 1. Time is fleeting. When was […]
You don’t have to look too far before you get bombarded with the world’s idea of success. That ideal usually has something to do with money, status, power, statistics/numbers, and the like. But just because the world/society says that something is the pinnacle of success, that doesn’t mean it’s true for you. One of the […]
True bravery is: taking the time to figure out what you want for your life and what makes you feel the most alive, deciding you matter enough to pursue it, going after whatever it is even if that thing seems hard if not impossible to get, and seeing what you started all the way to […]
I always thought of bravery as facing your fears and doing it anyway. I never used to think of courage as simply not quitting, as slogging through when it was hard even if that difficulty had nothing to do with fear. I see now that true bravery really is knowing, sometimes even before you start, […]
You might think writing in a journal requires no explanation. Crack it open . . . pen to page . . . done. Except it doesn’t seem to be that easy for some because I know plenty of people who have bought journals or gotten them as gifts then never jotted down a single word […]
“The summit is for the ego. The journey is for the soul.” Unknown It’s always a great idea to have a goal in mind, a summit that you’re striving for, so you know in which direction you need to be headed. Thing is, it’s not such a great idea to put all your focus on […]
“You defeated me, but you won’t defeat me again because you have grown all you can grow … but I am still growing.” Sir Edmund Hillary (first climber to summit Mount Everest, speaking about the mountain) I’m saying this again (read Part 1 here) because it’s that important: sometimes the biggest mountain you’ll ever need […]
“It’s not the mountains we conquer but ourselves.” Sir Edmund Hillary (first climber to summit Mount Everest) Once upon a time, there was a girl who had a dream, tucked in her ribcage right against her heart. She was afraid of risk, afraid of what might happen if she stepped out to pursue it, afraid […]