It’s different for each person, but sometimes the best medicine is an extra push to get outside, writes Alaska outdoors columnist Alli Harvey.
My Saturday arc was up, up, up until it took a swan dive.
“My car is a sleigh!” she announced near the top, just a little edge of nervousness in her voice as the mighty Jetta navigated freshly fallen snow. The landscape surrounding us was completely white. I wished I’d thought to bring sunglasses, simply for the snow glare. I set up my tabletop easel and played a podcast while completing a painting I’ve been working on. It felt good to realize that the painting was just about done, and then a brushstroke here and there and — voila, it’s completed. I gazed at it for awhile, happy with the product and enjoying the feeling of accomplishment.Then I put the supplies away, hopped in my car, and drove to downtown Palmer to do some errands.I felt irritated at being at the grocery store.
The spiral was happening in my head, and what had started off as a glorious, promising, full day soured due to my changed — for the worse — perspective. Before I had the chance to ponder my own discomforts for too long, I tugged on ski layers once again, threw my skis in the car, and drove to the nearby trailhead.
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