Glacier – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Believe

iPhone trade in value chart — Wondered about my backup phone trade-in value, maybe 7:00 AM today.

healthcare email — Easy to complete the second time. After three weeks from the initial completion, nothing has changed.

hotel reservation cancellation screenshot — Started cancelling everything for 2023.

Garmin GPS plan change screen — Spent the afternoon on small ticket items, and bigger ticket items…

airline flight cancellation credit — Cancelled for a future credit, the one-way ticket. Seems like only five years ago that fee would be roundtrip fare.

Always remember, a long day is a blessing.
dad

A long day.

Emotionally draining day.

Insanely grateful day.

Surrounded by talented local and national experts to help with planning, logistics, changes, etc.

Could have used a six-mile walk but getting zero miles today is still ok, all things considered.

Blessed to be exhausted.

Bonus was watching the final Season three Ted Lasso episode.

Everything about today makes me feel like the luckiest person alive.

Makes one wonder if every day can feel like this.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Giddy (and) UP

Woman on touring bicycle — Puget Sound. Honeymoon. We’ve been filling our “Adventure Book” even before we got married.

Hoping for the best is an awesome mindset.
dad

Giddy about returning to Glacier in as little as a week.

UP is our favorite Pixar movie.

Adventure is out there.

We know it.

We love doing it.

Grateful for hoping for the best because it led me to hold off on canceling every reservation.

Thank goodness.

Hoping Friday’s eye exam is the green light to (a return to our Summer 2023) Adventure.

Our packed and organized rental van is waiting for our arrival.

Note: We’ve been paying for the van even though no one is driving it.

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Oasis of quiet, at home

mountains — Bishops Cap looking down at my first GNP love, Mt Oberlin.

You are the CMO of You, Inc. Chief Motivation Officer.
dad

What do i always say?

Find a million ways to stay motivated.

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Home couch potato

three hikers in front of trailhead sign — Ten hours on the trail. Saw two people at the start and that was it. There wasn’t a single flat piece of trail. Kind of a dreamy day. And to finish it, we soaked our feet in Lunch Creek and two of us had a couple beers. Exquisite. The only thing missing is my all-time favorite person.

Simba, remember who you are.
Rafiki

Writing always makes me feel better.

Just for me: Dude, you’ve been writing (feeling better) for 5,000+ consecutive days. Seriously, never missing a single day. Makes the “every damn day” slogan real. Don’t it?!

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Don’t let the sun go down

unique mountain ridge formation — In a few minutes the stunning light fades. We drove from the East over Logan Pass. Literally 300 meters from the Pass this view suddenly becomes available. Our timing to see a setting Sun find a small opening to set this section on fire is humbling.

Never count on random people to transform your life. However, sometimes it happens. Enjoy the karma you project.
dad

Meeting Steve and Stacy Wahlberg on the backside of Reynolds Mountain at 8,600′ is absolute randomness.

World-class randomness for sure.

We saw something in each other, without trying.

The Universe aligned us that cold, windy, yet brilliantly sunny morning.

We were the only three people on the mountain.

i was hiding from the harsh wind behind the lone boulder in the expansive scree field.

They were heading up for their 12th Reynolds summit, in honor of Stacy’s father, a true mountain man.

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