Thursday, August 24, 2023

Back in action!

Ohhhh boy its been a minute. Summer is such an interesting time in my life because what I've been doing for the past 10 months comes to a screeching hault and I pivot to a different state with a different job surrounded by different people. Last summer, in hiking terms, was extremely successful with me accomplishing my goal of day-section-hiking the NJ section of the Appalachian Trail. I had goals planned for this summer: the Harriman Shelter Challenge, maybe redlining Norvin Green State Forest, etc., but instead I went to the Tourne County Park and hiked in circles over and over again in between seeing friends, going down the shore, going to concerts, and other random events. I struggled with that because hiking has been my main form of goal setting for a while now, but I really had an insane amount of fun this summer and I don't regret any of it. I do regret letting my journal get backlogged so I have to spend multiple days getting it updated... but that's okay. For the first time in a while I'm fully caught up in my writing and photography, and I'm really excited for the seasons to transition into the fall so I can explore new mountains!

Now for some updated goal setting - I categorized my goals into two categories: Attainable and Possible.

Attainable:
        - More than last year [ON TRACK]
        - Monadnock Redliner [Need one more trail!]
        - Wachusett Trail Tracer [COMPLETE]
        - Harriman Shelters 
        - Sunset 6 [ADDED APRIL] [COMPLETE]

Possible:
        - Ossipee 10 [Unlikely, but I do want to get Turtleback & Bald Knob]
        - NEK Mountain Challenge [Possible, not rushing. Will definitely get at least one more this year]
        - Norvin Green Trace
        - Sunrise 6 [Possible, but not going out of my way for it]

New as of August 24th:
        - Blue Hills 125-Mile Club (2x) [ATTAINABLE]
        - At least one more 4k day
        - At least two more 52WAV days
        - Finish Summit Beer Society [2 more beers]
        - Find some place to hike near Westford so I can exercise before marching band

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