The doorstep mile

If you’ve never heard of Alastair Humphreys, check him out. He’s an adventurer that came up with / popularized a number of interesting concepts, and one of my favourite goes by the name of ‘the doorstep mile’ (which is also the name of one of his books, which I got as a gift on my birthday last year).
The idea is that the doorstep mile is the hardest, meaning that taking the decision to get out of the door for an adventure is - in a way, for some people, in certain moments - the hardest thing about the whole adventure.
I find this to be 100% true when I am in a down period, as I feel tremendous resistance for going on adventures, but if I manage to muster the Will to get my shoes on and get out of the door, after a few minutes it gets massively easier and I start enjoying the adventure and wondering why the fuck was I doubting to do it.

So, the next time you want to go on an adventure and are doubting it - just get out of the door..