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Halfway Day and Q3

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I’m done thinking of my life as a through-hike; instead, I think of it like an art project, something I get to design based on whatever happens to be bothering me or intriguing me at the moment.   At the moment, that project is about incorporating weights, managing cortisol, and adding more protein to my diet. I want to feel what it would be like to be strong.

Inspired By In August 2024

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I am bored. This feels shameful to admit. My mother always said, “Only the boring are bored,” whenever I complained of boredom as a kid. It was a cut. It shattered my image of myself as a fascinating child, full of ideas and potential. Boredom feels akin to being sick, or having some shameful condition like crabs. It feels like a personal hygiene issue that I must take care of, stat.