One morning this week, I woke up to the crisp dawn air in a camper van parked by the ocean, in a south-western corner of Western Australia, about five hours’ drive from Perth.
It’s been a work in progress, and I’ve learnt in recent years to heed the call of the wild. Here’s what helped me rekindle the sense of adventure in mid-life.When shops and restaurants shut, the call of nature rang out loud and clear. I had started cycling just before Covid-19, and learnt how to manage my own bike – how to fold it, carry it in and out of the car, how to check for brakes and how to pump my own tyres. When social distancing kicked in, I took to cycling on my own.
One of my dreams is to take the camper van for a solo camping trip. It will require a series of interim challenges to get to that holy grail: learning to drive the 3-litre van, learning how to set up the tent, managing the battery and power supply on my own, and most of all, remaining calm and resilient if things go wrong.
Turns out, they are not. As people age into their 50s, they are advised to do strength training. Exercises that make use of your own body weight are good, if your body can manage them, such as doing squats and lunges, or doing the yoga plank positions or push-ups. It’s also advisable to incorporate lifting weights.My mental model of my own body has changed in recent years. At the age of 50, a group of my friends and I embarked on a 120km trek over six days in Spain.
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