Santiago, Chile Travel Crash Course
I just got back from Chile and not only did I have an awesome adventure, but I learned quite a few things along the way. The first stop was Santiago and to be honest, we spent two days too many there. Continue reading on for the 17 things I learned while there and how to better enjoy your next adventure to Chile. No need for us both to make the same mistakes.
Forget The New Years Resolution and Change Your Life
Every year people create New Years resolutions in an attempt to improve their lives, and every year they fail. At the end of the day, a New Years resolution is just words with little meaning unless they are tied into something that drastically affects your life. If you want to change your life, great, but do it when you notice the problem and have a clear-cut way to fix it. Chances are, noticing that problem is not on the 31st of December.
The Three Sins Of The Weak
If you’re out of shape, it’s by choice. Committing one of three sins of the weak is a fast track to sucking at life. Being lazy, failing to see the importance of health, or playing the victim card is not only obnoxious to those around you but self-destructive. Your body is an investment more valuable than anything else on this planet. Putting the time into making that investment grow is completely in your control and essential to success. Get up off the couch, take control of your life and become a physical badass.
Keep It Stupid Simple And Learn How To Stop Being Indecisive
Knowing how to stop being indecisive is an important step to taking control of your life. We all face decisions and most of them don’t matter as much as we think. By creating a system that makes a default choice for us, you will not only stop wasting time and limit your stress, but it will give you a plan to adjust off of. When you haven’t moved down any path in life due to indecision, anything you do equates to forward progress.
Surviving A Royal Screw Up | Panic At 18,000 Feet
Everyone screws up, whether that’s at work, at home, or by yourself. Regardless of how disastrous your screw up turns out to be, the only choice you have is to learn from it and make sure it doesn’t happen again. In this case, it’s a lesson in the importance of not being afraid to ask questions. You won’t look as dumb as you think and it can stop small problems from becoming huge issues.
Running 50 Miles: Weak, Slow, And Dainty
Running 50 miles isn’t insurmountable and it’s well within the grasp of anyone who is willing to put the time and effort in. We had made a lot of dumb mistakes, like not bringing a headlamp, not training on similar terrain, and trying to do a 40-mile run only 3 weeks before our race, but we still turned out fine. As long as you follow a progressive ultra-marathon training plan, you are willing to put up with some pain, and you keep your sense of humor, you can complete a 50-mile race without completely upending your life.
The No Hesitation Lifestyle, Stop Being Average
The No Hesitation Lifestyle is about realizing that only you can say no. Stop hesitating to live the life you choose. It’s all in your mindset. The only thing that holds you back from living the life of your dreams, is yourself. Most people claim that you already have the ability to empower yourself and be successful, but that is only part of the story.
Jerks Might Not Finish Last, But They Don’t Finish First
People want to help out those they like. And, no matter who you are or what experiences someone has, they can’t know everything. By being friendly and making personal connections with those you meet, you learn about opportunities that are not available to the rest of the world. And Jerks? Screw em’.
Get Out There And Do Something With Your Life, Literally Anything
I wasn’t looking for them to find a life purpose, or find their calling in life. It was to get them away from their computers, away from their phones, and break the humdrum routine that gets them nowhere. I want them to get out there and just do something with their lives. Even, if that was learning some dumb card trick. That might even get them something, maybe even free drinks, which is more than watching “insert your favorite TV show”. The thing is, almost anything is considered forward momentum when you are comparing it to zero.
50 Mile Ultra Marathon Training Plan For Wannabe Runners
Training for a 50-mile Ultra Marathon is not as hard as you think. As long as you are active and know how to push through pain you can do it too. With three people starting at various levels of fitness and three very different and not that intense training plans, we were able to train to the point of being able to run a 50-mile Ultra Marathon.