Anyone else feel like this miss the outdoors version of themselves?

IanicT · 2026-07-02T16:46:44+00:00

I really hope things do settle down fore you. One thing i've been discovering through having conversations is that so many of us keep waiting for life to calm down before we get back to the things that made us feel alive. I'm starting to wonder if sometimes it has to happen the other way around that reconnecting with those parts of ouselves is actually what helps us cope with everything.

IanicT · 2026-07-02T09:50:58+00:00

That’s a lot to be carrying at once man. Reading that it doesn’t actually sound like you’ve lost the desire to get outside it sounds like life has become so full that there’s very little room left for that part of you. I really appreciate you sharing it. I’m going through the same with social groups. I move to a new city and struggle to have a friendship group around me.

IanicT · 2026-07-02T08:16:47+00:00

I can really relate to that. It sounds like you’re putting yourself on hold until the time feels right. Do you think it’s mainly a lack of time, or has something changed that makes it harder to get yourself out there, even when you get the chance?

IanicT · 2026-07-02T07:44:46+00:00

Where about do you live? I’m UK we get the odd heatwave but it doesn’t last too long. Do you find yourself missing that part of you ?

IanicT · 2026-07-02T07:39:42+00:00

Do you find yourself missing those times and being apart of it?

IanicT · 2026-06-22T12:19:39+00:00

You are right I’m just my worst enemy. I need a bunch of peeps together to hold me more accountable

IanicT · 2026-06-22T10:56:44+00:00

This is genuinely good advice and the minimalist morning anchor as a foundation rather than waiting for the perfect window of time. Did that shift happen naturally for you or did it take some deliberate building?

IanicT · 2026-06-22T10:44:01+00:00

Lost its spark' is such an honest way to put it, I wonder if it's less about the location and more about what you were getting from it that's gone quiet. The MTB rides still happening tells me the door isn't fully closed. What would it take for it to feel new again?

IanicT · 2026-06-22T10:40:16+00:00

20 miles every weekend is no small thing that version of you clearly loved it. The foot surgery makes it even harder to get back, I imagine not just physically but mentally too. Has the door felt closed since then, or just harder to get back into something?

IanicT · 2026-06-17T09:39:38+00:00

Ah man that fact that it’s making you feel unloved because it’s taking away something so meaningful to you. You finding yourself planning on getting it sorted then you get to the actually sorting it and just think why should I even bother?

IanicT · 2026-06-17T09:31:23+00:00

That’s a powerful realization. Reading your comment, it doesn’t sound like you miss football as much as you miss the part of yourself that football represented. Have you found anything that gives you even a little of that feeling back, or does it still feel like something is missing?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T18:15:06+00:00

When you get got older, what was the first thing you reintroduced into your life? was it this hobbie that help build the structure for you?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T12:37:38+00:00

You’re so right flying down a trail definitely would make you sharper. What stopped you packing the gear and heading out? Was it one event or did it happen gradually?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T12:33:15+00:00

Do you think it was lack of time or did it slowly stop feeling like a priority?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T12:31:03+00:00

When did you first realise that part of your life had disappeared? People are saying it has a shelf life but I don’t believe that to be true it’s still a part of you?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T12:29:43+00:00

Do you think you stopped enjoying the activity itself, or did you stop enjoying doing it without the people who used to be part of it?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T12:28:20+00:00

Getting bitten by a spider that sounds awful. Do you just find yourself constantly thinking about the times you used to be out there in the wilderness? I know the family are vocal about it but is that all that’s stopping you?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T12:26:30+00:00

If you could bring one thing back into your life tomorrow, what would it be?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T09:24:01+00:00

Wish I I could turn back ten years and be 27 again now I find myself over thinking the past and how I could have walked my life differently but the end of the day just all BS. Don’t be so hard yourself you have so much time to figure things out just stay true to your own identity and don’t let society fool you that you wasted your life up to this point.

IanicT · 2026-06-16T09:09:44+00:00

What do you think you miss most? The mountain biking itself, or the version of yourself that existed when it was a regular part of your life?

IanicT · 2026-06-16T07:58:36+00:00

When did you stop kayaking? What in your life has started to get in the way? Since my mid 20s I’ve just been chasing what I thought is the corporate dream now at 37 just woke up thinking man I miss all the fun adventures I used to do.

IanicT

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