The Outdoors — Once I’m There, I’m in a Better Mental Space

But getting there is such an internal battle.

The flower on a Dragon Fruit plant growing in my back yard. Photo by Ann Leach.

At the start of October, I set a goal of walking the parkrun course daily, and I (mostly) did it. I think I missed only 5 days, 1 to laziness and 4 to rain.

It was a fantastic way to start each day, hitting the course at 8 am and returning home to shower and get…