6 years ago I almost dropped out of graduate school because it felt like something was missing. 

I had demanded so much of myself and forced myself into friend groups that I didn't feel connected to. I studied under mentors that I felt like I HAD to because of the creditability of their names in our field. 

Something was missing but I wasn't sure what. I spent the Christmas break of my first year of graduate school out in the Sierra Nevadas skiing. 

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I realized that without adventure, life was nothing short of a lack of luster existence. 

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I spent the next few years chasing the dream of the weekend warrior but knew there was more. 

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When I took my life into my own hands I discovered it was not about the PTO, it's not about the money, it's not about the lack of nature-loving friends. It was about deciding that this life was meant for me. 

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I begin courageously adventuring.

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I held a traditional 9-5 job working for the US Army as a Mental Performance Coach and continued to explore the Pacific Northwest Mountains every weekend. I made it my Number 1 priority. 

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This meant bringing my lunch from home for an entire year so I could afford a new backcountry ski set-up. It meant calculating PTO and extra hours to work in my favor for every 3-day weekend trip I could take. It meant skipping the weekly workout classes so I could have the energy to hike all weekend and still be able to get up for work Monday morning.

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How did I do it? I decided it was a priority. I decided my life was an adventure, it was time to live it. And now I have made it my life work to empower YOU to do the same. 

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It's about more than the physical work, not just the mobility, not just the big hikes, but the mental skills that give you the ability to make the big decision. 

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Your life is worth adventuring. Your life is worth living courageously.