1pm on Monday, August 17th, 2020 – Marblemount Ranger Station Ranger: What campsite should the permit include for tonight? Me: Can we do Cat Island? Ranger: Are you sure? That is like a 20 mile paddle in and its already 1pm? Me: I was actually going to run up Ruby Mountain before even getting on the water. It’s probably going to be a late night. Ranger: (With a confused look on his face) If you say so. How about the second night? Me: Hozomeen Camp Ranger: Hozomeen? I’m not sure that is even open this year. Let me check.. <5 minutes later> Ranger: Ok, you’re allowed to go there. The bathrooms are supposedly open, but since the Canadian border is closed, so there is no road in and no one else is up there. How about the third night? Me: Tapto lakes Ranger: How are you going to get all
I believe that through focused effort I can keep improving and ensure my best years are still in front of me. I also believe that proper rest is critical to long term success. Back in the two-thousand aughts I borrowed a silly idea from a three thousand year old book. It was that I should periodically take time off of my primary work to recharge, refocus and rest. Many things have changed in the last three thousand years, but a surprising number haven’t changed much. Perhaps in abandoning the old ways, we lost something that was still beneficial. Maybe even necessary. So in 2017, after six years of working in a fast paced startup, I took a year of rest. That was a learning experience that challenged me in ways I didn’t expect. After a six month break from working I decided to go back to work, but with an
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