Adventurous Habits

Looking at a map, the emptier the better, and getting excited about the stuff you could do out there, the harder the better.
Looking at a map and being drawn to the less-populated areas. Leaving the crowds behind and walking your own path. The more you do this, the harder and better the journey is likely to be.
The chance to do something difficult and different, to express yourself.
The ideas that are the most exciting contain the most risk, the most unknowns, the most chance of failure, the less-well-trodden path.
The more you are willing to leave the world behind, to tough it out in the wild, putting in the hours, putting in the miles, the better your stories will be at the end.
Things that seem impossible get done in the end. Once they have been done for the first time it’s far easier for the rest to follow. It’s best to be the bold one trying to lead the way.
If you’re trying to get a wide audience to care about what you’ve done, then you need tell your story well. Why should people care? How did you do what you did? What did you do?
Persistence helps. But so too does knowing when to change direction, when to retreat.
There’s a time to plan and prepare very, very carefully. There’s a time to say ‘fuck it’ and just leap. I recommend the latter unless it might kill you.

Alastair Humphreys