✨ The Not-So-Glamorous Side of a Beautiful Life
My newly chosen career is beautiful.
And I can’t keep up with the pace of living it versus the time it takes to create content about it.
That’s a new skill I’m learning.
I have hours of footage. I still haven’t posted my first video. I will. Soon.
What I can share today is the part that doesn’t always make it online.
Yes, I summited Fuji, walked parts of the Kumano Kodo, partially climbed Mera, moved through India, and I’m now preparing for Patagonia’s awe-inspiring landscapes.
What I haven’t told you:
Wearing the wrong shoes on Fuji cost me four toenails (yes—painful).
In Osaka, I caught a cold and had to skip part of Kumano Kodo.
In Nepal and India, my stomach struggled so much that I spent about 50% of that time managing digestive chaos.
In Argentina—entirely my fault—I ate packaged ham that felt slightly slimy (jet lag wins sometimes). That decision led to days of intestinal distress, fever, exhaustion, and sleepless nights.
So before Patagonia, I’m doing something unglamorous but essential:
resting, hydrating, and rebuilding strength. Along the way, I’ve made new friends.
I’ve experienced a world far kinder and more caring than headlines suggest.
And above all: I feel so alive! Creative energy is flowing. I’m inspired every single day.
🤸🏻♀️ Even when my body pushes back—because I asked too much of it—I keep moving forward in a way I never thought possible.
That joy is also the challenge.
When you love what you do, it’s easy to forget that your body has limits, even when your spirit doesn’t.
Pacing, support, and listening to those health metrics matter—no matter how meaningful the work is.
Only by staying healthy and strong can I keep climbing mountains and building
We – Community With Purpose.
Next stop: my India reflections 💖
