27 Jul THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF ADVENTURE
I love the people over at Big Feels Club.
If you’re not familiar with their work, then please check them out HERE
And I especially love this recent article about adventure, taking risks, and how it can be good for your mental health …
… read more about lessons from doing the big scary thing via Big Feels Club by Graham Panther
Dubious Divers! Graham here.
Last issue I was about to jump off the literal deep end.
A week-long trip to Far North Queensland, learning how to scuba dive.
Ahead of me lay a week of activities, each one perfectly tailored to push all my biggest buttons:
- Learning a scary new thing packed with risk to life and limb (check)
- Constant socialising (check!)
- And of course, hordes of strangers with god-knows-how-many mystery viruses, in airports, on planes, and a tiny boat packed with people (good god check check CHECK!)
Well I have made it back in one piece dear friends. And let me tell you, it was wonderful.
Here’s a little of what I learned…
I’VE BEEN HIDING AWAY MORE THAN I REALISED
My biggest fear before this trip was not, in fact, the scuba diving portion of the holiday. My biggest fear was catching COVID again.
For two years, fear of COVID has profoundly shaped my connection to the outside world, more than I’d even realised.
Long after the Melbourne lockdowns ended, I still found myself hurrying in and out of shops, sitting anxiously at social events (the ones I didn’t just turn down altogether). Always one eye (or two) on possible avenues of infection.
Maybe this has been protective, but it’s also been lonely.
And exhausting.
When I said yes to the dive trip, I knew I was saying yes to more than just a holiday. I was saying yes to being more fully in the world again, despite the risks…
… keep reading the full & original article HERE