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Because I love to set goals and look forward to the future, sometimes I can forget what all of the planning and dreaming is for - these guys. I can almost get stuck in the top of my head and forget to live and be in the rest of my body. And I know I’m not the only one! Over the years Mike and I have learned to intentionally plan activities to get all of us out of that brain-space and back into the present. One of those things is traveling. It can be stressful but it also requires us to be RIGHT there and living. And to make it extra effective - we hike. Hiking as a family gets us away from all other distractions and into the beautiful world together. We feel the earth beneath our feet, smell the air, climb the rocks, dip our toes in rivers, and it’s magical. Getting yourself AND your kids present all at the same time is pretty hard to do - but those moments are EVERYTHING!
So, make sure every day you are living in your entire body and not just your head. And then try and get the ones you love to do it with you. It’s powerful.
A while back a guy replied to one of my stories and said “You’ll marry an amazing man one day.”
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Understanding the compliment he intended, I thanked him, but I added that I didn’t care about getting married. His response was “Yes you do…. maybe you had some rough patches, but one day a man will come around and take your breath away.”
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There’s a few things we could unpack here, but I’ll start by saying… let’s try to refrain from telling someone you don’t know how they feel. I’m not being a scrooge about love or marriage when I say I don’t care. Regardless of what anyone thinks, my previous relationships and subsequent heartache hasn’t left me cynical. But I spent far too many years believing my worth was tied directly to finding someone to marry. That was THE goal in life, and because of that I stayed in relationships that weren’t right for me for far too long... and I did so out of fear. Fear of being alone and the fear of failure. Because I viewed singledom as a pretty big life failure.
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But, somewhere along the way I began to understand that those feelings of failure had been drilled into my head - starting the moment I was introduced to the classic theme of “happily ever after.” And let’s be honest, the way single people are portrayed in the media doesn’t help.
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We don’t grow up dreaming of a life spent by ourselves... because that would be a life lived alone, and too many people believe the words “alone” and “lonely” are one and the same. But they are not.
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I won’t deny that being in love is amazing, but there are so many different types of love, all of which are deeply fulfilling in their own way. So there’s no “womp womp, woe is me, love is the worst” attitude here. But as I’ve let go of the need to find someone to spend the rest of my life with, I found the value in myself that I was searching for all along. I learned to trust myself, love myself, and depend on myself. And yes, maybe the guy who DM’d me is right and someday a man will indeed come around and take my breath away… or perhaps not. Regardless, I don’t need a relationship to be happy and fulfilled. I am enough just as I am.
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오랜만에 룰루레몬 하이킹 클래스를 했습니다.
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8일 토크 / 11일 산행으로 두 차례에 걸쳐 함께했어요.
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항상 느끼지만, 산행은 동심을 불러오는 것 같아요. 모두 힘들지만 캬르르 웃으며 스치는 바람 하나에도 감사함을 느끼면서요.
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전 오늘도 어김없이 가장 뒤에서 함께 오르는 분들의 행복을 하나씩 주워 담기 바빴습니다.❤
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이번 클래스에 함께 해주신 모든 분께 진하게 감사의 인사를 드리고요. 아주 아주 멋있다고 말씀드리고 싶습니다!
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Hike for life!
The sweat life!
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Thanks to ❤
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@chauuuni
@fclotho .
@lululemonkr
@lululemon
@lululemonmen .
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Spent a few days in the high country over the weekend. I convinced myself the bugs wouldn’t be that bad, but goddamn were they heinous. We still managed to sneak out of the tent a few times, catch some fish and some good light. Here’s three from the same spot in varying conditions - afternoon, sunset and sunrise.
First real little hike since my takotsubo cardiomyopathy scare in March..... Must say, the old ticker did well ☺️❤️
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8월 1,2일 설악산을 다녀왔습니다.
호주에서 하이킹 가이드를 하고 있는 댄(@hikeandseek) & 수진님(@sujinmin)과 함께요.
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댄은 꽤 오래 전부터 인스타그램으로 서로 하트를 나누며 알고 지낸 사이였어요. 둘 다 산행을 하고 가치를 알린다는 공통점 때문인지 실제 만남을 가졌을 때 오래된 친구처럼 익숙함이 먼저 들었습니다.
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1박 2일의 설악산 산행은 음.…
요즘 저의 인생 키워드인 감사함을 거듭 느끼는 시간이었습니다. 산행의 가치를 아는 사람들과의 대화는 행복했고, 댄과 수진님의 눈빛과 배려는 따뜻했어요.
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수진님도 자신의 피드에 글을 남기셨지만, 감탄을 자아내는 설악산과, 대피소에서 먹은 밥, 구름이 넘실대는 봉우리, 맨발 휴식, 산 넘어 보이는 동해바다, 발가락이 시릴 정도로 차가웠던 계곡물, 그리고 하산 후의 맥주, 속초 시장에서 먹은 닭강정 등 무엇 하나 빼놓을 수 없이 기억에 남습니다.
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동행의 가치에 대해서도 생각해보게 됐어요. 우리 곁엔 늘 동반자, 사업파트너, 동료 등 길을 함께 걷는 사람들이 있어요. 하지만, 대부분 함께할 이유는 상대방에게서 찾고 가지는 것 같아요. 저는 이번에 예상치 못했는데, 수진님을 보면서 동행에 있어 좋은 사람은 상대가 아닌, 내가 되어야 한다는 것을 많이 배웠습니다. (댄에겐 조금 미안하지만 수진님은 진짜 감동이 있는 사람이더라고요! )
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더불어 같은 길 위에서 함께 걷는 모든 사람은 아름답다고 이야기하고 싶습니다. 댄과 수진님에게도 다시 한번 고맙다는 말을 전하고요.
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여러분도 댄과 수진님의 Hike for life를 응원해 주세요.❤
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Hike for life .
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Had to do a mountain refresher this weekend. I sprained my ankle two weeks ago and I’ve been relatively sedentary ever since. It felt great to do some roadside botanizing and help quench my outdoor thirst that’s been BUILDING. I can’t wait to be healed and trail ready again.
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