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Embracing the Suck
Wayfinder 94 / Embracing the Suck — To consciously accept or appreciate something that is extremely unpleasant but unavoidable.
Paul Lieto
I write about adventures, essential living, books, and vitality. I write essays to help you, and myself, navigate change and build resilience on our paths to crafting curious, adventure driven lives.
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Crushing It In Your 40's, 50's, 60's + 5 Ways To Keep Your Brain Sharp
Wayfinder 93 / Crushing it in your latter years, 5 secrets to keeping your brain sharp, and Anton Krupicka on art and adventure.
Age Awesome
The Joy of the Restart & Prioritizing Adventure
Wayfinder 92 / We enjoy new places. New places lead to new discoveries — new adventures. New places offer opportunity to reframe and restart.
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Wayfinder 91 / Building Muscle After 50
I'm not good at hitting the gym. On the strength spectrum, I fall in the lower 5% for my age—the bottom for an "athlete" in my fifties. Five percent may be generous. I found numbers. Yep, there is a website of strength standards. Plug in
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Wayfinder 90 / Resolutions Vs. Habits
I like the New Year because of its reminder to reflect, take stock, and get excited for the future. And, I keep getting drawn back to this photo. This is what I want: genuine smiles, fresh air, long walks. I’m tired of forever feeling out of place, tired of
Downshift Adventures
Do Not Go Gentle — Adventure & Challenge Yourself This Year
I'm confident each of us is born with a desire to explore and be adventurous. It's in our DNA.
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Wayfinder 89 / The Sleep Issue
As I get older, sleep seems to become a greater concern. Now that I'm in my mid-fifties I awake 1-2 times each evening to hit the restroom. Apparently the technical term is Nocturia. If I'm in a cold environment, like out camping, that number can swell.
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Wayfinder 88 / Stay Curious
There's no arguing that higher levels of curiosity associate with higher levels of mental wellbeing. Higher levels of mental wellbeing often correlate directly with higher levels of physical wellbeing, or vitality— and visa versa. Curiosity can come in phases, it has in my life. We can lose it
Age Awesome
What Does It Mean to Age Awesome
Age Awesome is a catchphrase we've recently embraced to replace wellness. Over the years we've written about wellness — in particular mental wellness, and physical wellness as it relates to endurance performance and slow, or downshifted, adventures. Wellness is very broad. In this current phase of our
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Wayfinder 87 / The Keys to Longevity
In the Blue Zones documentary on Netflix, one of the correlations to longevity observed across several of the communities researched was steepness. In such that centenarians lived in areas which required them to walk and hike up steep pitches. I have certainly felt stronger in the legs and core when
Wellness
The First Rule Of Depression & 5 Fundamentals to Mental Wellness
The first rule of depression is we don't talk about depression. The second rule of depression is we don't talk about depression. I'm a rule follower. I don't make waves. I internalize my feelings — but only after denying them. I go to
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Wayfinder 86 / Put Yourself In A Strong Position
Time amplifies what you feed it. Shane Parrish writes about consistently making the right choices to put yourself in a strong position.
Field Notes
We Did A Thing - Aging Awesome This Autumn
It's been an eventful couple months. Our plan going into the trail running season was to tackle the Mammoth Trail Fest 50K at the end of September. We had to pivot due to some personal issues and an extended trip to Bend, Oregon. Smoke from forest fires put
Age Awesome
What Can Physical Training Teach Us About Mental Resiliency
What if we approached all aspects of our lives as we do our physical and endurance training?
Field Notes
Are You Enjoying Life?
This question was posed to me not long ago. A simple straightforward question, all of four words. Yet, the question is unduly complex for there are multiple factors that contribute to an honest answer. Before I embarked on this current journey my immediate response to this question was no, I
Field Notes
Fear Of Having Mislived And 5 Principles To Live The Good Life
Live a life true to yourself to live the good life.