Living List #1: The Polar Plunge – Done

On the eve of the 2022 Polar Plunge, the eve of completing the first experience on my living – I was 100% excited, nervous, and unsure. This moment was 100% scary, thrilling, and liberating. And surprisingly, it wasn’t at all like I had envisioned the accomplishment would feel like. Read more to see how wrong I was.

I Hike, Because…

When you get your muscles moving, your blood pumping, and your lungs expanding – a rush of all the happiness hormones crash through you no matter what the outlet, but only if you enjoy it. My outlet is hiking.

And I enjoy it bc of the person I become when I am on the trail. Read more to find out who that person is. It might surprise you.

SO. DAMN. CLOSE. yet not nearly close enough

When I took a leap of faith 7 months ago to quit my job – I wore rose-colored glasses and no one could bring me back down to reality.

7 months later – everything has changed and so have I. In more ways than I ever could have imagined.

Damn Plastic Wrap

But that damn plastic wrap won’t budge.

An unbreakable barrier. Not an impossible one. But a boss level barrier.

I thought I had it all figured out. Then somewhere between taking the leap and flying – I fell atop a cloud on a no-breeze day.

And it is here where I sit and watch each piece of my life balance on the precipice of surrender…or fight.

I am tired. Am I not enough already?