The Athletic Philosopher Podcast - Episode 33 Family Adventures Rule

This is a fun episode where I go all in on the value of going on camping adventures with your family. Part philosophy, part narrative, I dive into the past as tell a great story from the first time my wife and I took our 4 month old daughter tent camping. 

The modern world is oversaturated in comfort to the point we isolate from eachother even inside our own homes. Camping brings us into moments of close discomfort that force creative problem solving together.  Those moments are the meaningful memories that create the texture of a beautiful life and bond the family tightly together through experiences of shared struggle. 

Partly inspired by reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau, I leave you with this quote of his that captures the theme of this episode and urges you to get lost in the woods and take an adventure with those closest to you.

"We should come home from far, from adventures, and perils, and discoveries everyday, with new experience and character."