I felt sure that developing some degree of athleticism would make me feel powerful. But the girls in our church youth group were taught to crochet potholders while the boys were enrolled as scouts and sent on fifty-mile backpacking trips.
That April he reached another goal: become the world’s oldest heli skier. The next year he was even more ambitious. He wanted to ski as many days as he was old—96. But he one-upped himself. Junior ended the 2021/2022 season with 101 days under his belt.
Sometimes I experience so much dread the night before a predicted powder day that I start looking for excuses for why I shouldn’t go. When I bail, I spend the rest of the day scrolling through photos posted by others on social media and believing I made a horrible mistake.
My sense of self-worth used to be tied to my job performance and I found I’d get frustrated and anxious if things weren’t going according to plan (even if it was beyond my control). I learned a lot about what really matters to me out there and I think I’m a more confident, balanced person because of that.
We started Hence with a mission to create something meaningful. The team is built and driven to seek, learn, and help tell the stories of those doing difficult things and experiencing the natural environment around them.
While we can bury our angst in powder days and physical suffering, when injury or age brings us down we are often unfit to deal with the ensuing depression. A steady diet of meaning and self reflection is just another form of preventative self care.
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