The 1000 Mile Hiking Year
Ahh yes, the New Year resolution: an expectation by all of us and the start of broken dreams and wasted energy. Yet, year after year, we compile lists of promises which will surely be broken in a few weeks. We pledge unending devotion to pursuits like weight loss, exercise, and stopping a myriad of bad habits; however, the reality of failure is constant plague upon our efforts. There are those experts, the goal gurus I guess you could call them, which heartily offer their resolution advice on morning tv shows and websites alike. Of course, with promises of controlling my destiny, they sucked me in with their gnarly graphics. So what did I learn from these archetypes of advice givers? Basically, in order for a goal to succeed is must be measurable, achievable, and personally meaningful. So when asked casually this year what my resolution was, as is appropriate for end of year smalltalk, I replied simply, "hike more!" As so...