blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
alison young
150 episodes
2 days ago
Send us a text “The goal of life … is not happiness, peace, or fulfillment, but aliveness.” —Hubert Dreyfuss 1. Sometimes curiosity about what’s around the next corner is enough to keep us exploring and moving forward. 2. Life doesn’t end once you’ve done “enough.” It keeps unfolding. 3. I hike because I am curious and because I can. 4. Here's a mantra I'll take with me on my next hike of the Great Divide Trail: You’re not hiking for records, for ego, or for others. You’re hiking ...
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Send us a text “The goal of life … is not happiness, peace, or fulfillment, but aliveness.” —Hubert Dreyfuss 1. Sometimes curiosity about what’s around the next corner is enough to keep us exploring and moving forward. 2. Life doesn’t end once you’ve done “enough.” It keeps unfolding. 3. I hike because I am curious and because I can. 4. Here's a mantra I'll take with me on my next hike of the Great Divide Trail: You’re not hiking for records, for ego, or for others. You’re hiking ...
blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
9 minutes
1 year ago
Life is Too Short to Waste on Speed
Send us a textOn the Teton Crest Trail in Wyoming, Blissful decides to go for an "SKT" (Slowest Known Time) and surprises abound. 1. John Muir (and Henry David Thoreau) hated the word "hike" and preferred to saunter, entering beautiful natural places with reverence.2. Physiologists tell us that walking at a turtle's pace releases endocannabinoids a kind of "persistence high" that elicits a state of euphoria. 3. But most important, going slow and leaving plenty of time allows us to simply exis...
blissful hiker ❤︎ inspiring you to hike your own hike
Send us a text “The goal of life … is not happiness, peace, or fulfillment, but aliveness.” —Hubert Dreyfuss 1. Sometimes curiosity about what’s around the next corner is enough to keep us exploring and moving forward. 2. Life doesn’t end once you’ve done “enough.” It keeps unfolding. 3. I hike because I am curious and because I can. 4. Here's a mantra I'll take with me on my next hike of the Great Divide Trail: You’re not hiking for records, for ego, or for others. You’re hiking ...