Posts tagged Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Simplify! Simplify!
Simplify! Simplify!

One of my very favorite (possibly true, possibly not) literary anecdotes of all time is when Henry David Thoreau exclaims, “Simplify! Simplify!” in Walden, and his friend and mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson offers the feedback, “One simplify would have sufficed.” 

Doh.

I think of this story often. It represents the bulk of what holds me back in life (and I’d venture to guess I’m not alone here):

I overcomplicate a whole lot of stuff that doesn’t need to be complicated. 

I go on and on with two “simplifys” when one would have sufficed….

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Coaching, Road Trip, TravelCindy GiovagnoliAlaska, Arctic Circle, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, roadtrip, coaching, simplifying, beating overwhelmComment
Safety Deposit
Safety Deposit

We are talking when Justin halts mid-sentence for a moment and then says it’s stopped raining, pointing at the roof of the truck cap. I pause and listen. Sure enough, the drilling of raindrops that has been ever present since last night has stopped. We smile at each other and I turn to wipe the film of condensation from the window closest to me and peer out. I start laughing.

“That’s because it’s snowing instead!”

We open the back window wide and look out at a world turning white before our very eyes…

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Lifestyle, Editorial, Outdoor Adventure, Road Trip, TravelCindy GiovagnoliAlaska, Dalton Highway, Arctic Circle, Coldfoot, Galbraith Lake, winter storm, North Slope, Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaskan oil pipeline, wilderness, conservation Comments