Today is the first day back in the city after a 5-day hiking trek in Nepal. It was really hard, but I’m a different person now.
I know that sounds cliché, but this trip changed me. There was one night in particular I must share. It was the third night, after walking around for 6-7 hours per day.
A photo of us on top of Poon Hill, the highest point of our trek, with an elevation of 3,210m.
My body was tired, but my mind was exhausted. Walking that long each day brings a ton of awareness to my own thinking, and I was getting more drained from my unpleasant thinking, which kept running on predictable loops, than my body was from the walking.
I was starting to feel very sick and uncomfortable that night. As I was lying in bed, all ready to fall asleep, I suddenly had the urge to blast my mind with as many positive affirmations as I could.
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