A Long Path by The Dysania Concept (2023)
Mount Etna, the Appalachian Trail, Machu Picchu, Tour du Mont Blanc and the West Coast Trail are all paths around the world that thousands of people adventure each year. Like these, many more are around our planet, offering unique landscapes and challenges. From beginner to master level, Hikers share a common mind to embrace these adventures. So, in this edition of The Mindsets, we’ll explore the qualities, virtues and skills Hikers have that permit them to roam through nature, hiking in all terrains and conditions and complete their newest experience. As Hippocrates said, “Walking is a man’s best medicine.”
1. Endurance
Hikers count on their endurance to face the challenges of their path. Endurance supports us through tough times, and when hiking and going uphill in tricky weather conditions, only that will help you see the journey through. Enduring all challenges a hike offers is vital to reaching the destination, and it is when one gets to the top, sits down and takes in the view while listening to the world surrounding them, that one realises the power of it. So, whenever you feel you’re going uphill with harsh winds blowing in your face and a hole in your shoe, endure. Despite how impossible it might seem, fight through the unpleasant, especially if you know what awaits you in the finishing line. Keep moving or hold your position, but never let the challenge send you rolling downhill.
2. Flexibility
Hikers must be flexible to walk through the hardships their adventure presents. Within their endurance, Hikers rely on their flexibility to fight against the unexpected. Maybe your socks get wet, or you forgot your water bottle. Nevertheless, Hikers will endure through their flexibility, built from their ability to think logically and creatively against challenges and adaptability. Similarly, when enduring difficulties, we must remain flexible to find a way out of them. Standing firmly with both feet is a significant first step, but only flexibility will enable you to step forward.
3. Appreciation
Hikers lean on their ability to appreciate not just to achieve but to enjoy. Beyond their ability to find a way through hardships and challenges, Hikers deeply appreciate where they’re walking through. Their attention to detail and ability to observe beyond what the eyes can see permit them to fulfil every hike’s purpose. Their appreciation for the landscape they’re chasing and the hike it takes to get there allows them to construct these experiences and remember them with joy, including the tribulations they brought. Thus, no matter how hard or challenging it gets, enjoy the hike. Be appreciative of your chance to experience the passage of time and take in every moment with the same excitement as when you reach your destination.
Hikers are minds filled with stamina and will. Their ability to make an adventure from every hike, whether it holds complications or not, is astonishing. They adventure the world, taking in its landscapes and beauty while experiencing some of its difficulties. So, to have a similar approach in our daily lives, remember to endure. Endurance will allow you to stand firmly against trouble and enjoy the feeling of reaching the finishing line. And be aware that endurance will help you stand firmly, but only flexibility will permit you to move forward. Think creatively and logically to overcome all problems you face. Finally, remember to appreciate it all. Appreciate waking up, conversing, eating, working, exercising, watching a movie, submitting an assignment, taking a trip. Now, we invite you to adopt The Hiker’s Mindset as we value the beauty and terrors of life and enjoy every day as a new trek in the greater hike we call life.
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