It doesn't matter if it's a 5K run, a half marathon, a century (100 mile) bike ride, or a 20 mile paddle. It's good to set goals. And it's good to dream big. Big goals push us to do more, they encourage us to accomplish that which we may have once thought impossible. Because your last 'next' is a building block for your 'next, next.' Having goals and dreams drives us to become more than we thought we could be. It doesn't matter what that first goal was, maybe it was stepping foot in a gym or going for a run, because it's a start. The start of something more. I remember the first time I crossed the 'wide' channel of Budd Inlet standing up. My second time paddleboarding in the Sound, on a borrowed windsurfing board, I didn't know if it'd even be possible. But it was. And now I sprint across that channel on a regular basis, each time trying to break my previous personal record. We all have personal goals, we just need to make sure they're realistic and attainable, or at the least, create actionable steps to get us closer to those goals. Me, I still hold a light for a paddle along the length of the Puget Sound. And I want to introduce as many people as I can to the wonder and beauty that is the Salish Sea. What's your "Next?"
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