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Embracing the Suck

Wayfinder 94 / Embracing the Suck — To consciously accept or appreciate something that is extremely unpleasant but unavoidable.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Wayfinder 85 / Get Unstuck

Ambitious Minimalism. Minimalism isn't about sacrificing ambition to live with less, or making oneself smaller to rebel against consumerism. The power of minimalism is the ability to have choice. I prefer the word essentialism over minimalism as it isn't as synonymous with "little" but

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Wayfinder 84 / Stop Pursuing Happiness

5 Healing Modalities That Could Change Your Life → Adopting an outlook that life is a continual opportunity for growth, progress, and learning is a brave choice. Whether you are mending a broken heart, facing the painful wounds of childhood, or addressing reoccurring patterns in your daily life, looking at life

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Wayfinder 82 / Seasonal Affective Disorder

This issue and the related article on Dirty Good was driven by a recent post, and reminder, by my brother Matt posted on Instagram. I believe most people reading this have a good sense of what Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is and how it can wreak havoc on many of

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It's okay not to be okay → Ultracycling legend Jack Thompson has accomplished some of the most difficult cycling feats on record. Last year, he completed four ascents of Taiwan’s monster Hehuanshan in succession. Earlier this summer, he rode three ‘Everests’ in a row on the highest cols

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Wayfinder 80 / 7 Tips to Develop Better Habits

Things have been interesting lately for certain. We've been staying put while trying to stay motivated despite most of our plans being canceled for the coming months. It's been good in some ways — forcing us to think out of the box and make our own adventures.

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Wayfinder 79 / How To Be Good + Yoga for Big Benefits

The importance of living "dirty good" becomes especially evident in moments like these. Trying times force introspection and often allow for a clear perspective. These moments can also create panic and cloud one's judgment. When each day ends it's up to the individual to

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Wayfinder 78 / Busyness is Laziness

The Hard-Knocks Restaurant World Discovers Wellness → It's good to see the workplace is changing in favor of the workforce over profit margins. This piece highlights a few restaurants taking a better approach to keeping employees happy and healthy. Depression is estimated to cause +/- 200 million lost workdays