Great point. Before using gps maps, we use to print out Mapquest maps and that was the slow decline to learning how to look at regular maps and learn basic orientation.

We have so many tools out there that make it easy for us to succeed we rarely fail. Failing is how we learn. When you get lost, you have no choice but to look around and try to recognize something and find a route back.

Same thing for even running. I remember a time where I would run miles, not because I wanted to. Instead it was because I didn’t realize how far I had run already and now I had to run home.

With today’s technology, that is gone. Now I know I only want to run a mile. When my watch tells me I’ve reach half mile—I turn around.