Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Just one photo, body

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From a great distance away, looking West into Swiftcurrent Valley. Swiftcurrent Mountain is on middle horizon. Mount Wilber is the first tall point to Swiftcurrent Mountain’s right.

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Planned freedom, body

mountains and lake
Swiftcurrent Vally. Looking East in this photo, The Great Plains are just over the mountain horizon. This photo location is literally on the Continental Divide.

Planned freedom is a concept anyone can take in any direction.

To me, planned freedom is investing in getting healthy and staying healthy. For a lifetime.

You’ll know physical freedom from your strength, stamina, flexibility, core, nutrition, rest, and motivation.

Note: The freedom you know, and experience, is proportional to the freedom you planned for.

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Teach hope, body

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From our Cabin’s back deck. Sunset. You can teach others to watch sunsets simply by your ritual of watching many of them yourself.

Teach hope…

Top priority…

Paramount…

Honor the temple housing everything keeping you alive.

Move, fuel, rest.

Do those three basics brilliantly.

  1. Move
  2. Fuel
  3. Rest

Even when society, at nearly every turn, tempts you not to.

In the absence of a relative or close friend who models this, become the model for those you love.

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Harvest hope, body

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From our cabin deck. For real. Sunset.

Hope.

Yes.

Still got it?

Yes.

For what?

Hope to be able to run again, without chronic foot pain.

It’s been years, probably closer to 10 than five.

Yes, and…

Restarted three weeks ago.

Note: Hope has a relative, patience.

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Compounded hope, body

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Favorite summit. In the ethos of the Continental Divide (which is seen to the right as it extends north to the Canadian border).
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Zooming in on the Continental Divide.

At a certain point, you no longer get faster, stronger, or more flexible.

Let’s assume you achieved your personal records for all three.

In every living thing, there’s a life-cycle.

After a living thing’s ‘peak’ there is a natural decline.

The goal of compounded physical hope is to remain extraordinarily vibrant given the historical data on how humans age each decade.

Random case in point:

In high school, i was able to place my palms flat on the floor with knees locked. Can still do it, 50+ years later. In the 65-69 age group, think about how many people you personally know who have this range of motion. My hope of staying flexible has compounded beyond my understanding.

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