Posted on May 1, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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I get so worked up before everything. Even if I’d done it a million times and know the people I’ll be seeing; I still get the jitters. The butterflies. The “Oh God, why did I sign myself up to do this…” (No offense. It’s… Continue Reading “Illinois Park Project // Fox Ridge State Park”
Category: Illinois Park Project, UncategorizedTags: adventure, anxiety, camping, hike, hiking, illinois, life, love, mental health, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, trashtag, weekend, weekend warriors
Posted on April 30, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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I’ve been playing with this Featherstone tent for a little over a week. Setting up, taking down, packing it back up, even leaving it up overnight in the rain. (Spoiler alert: it stays bone dry.) As a tent hoarder (ahem…I am only now down… Continue Reading “Product Review: Featherstone UL Granite 2”
Category: Gear and Product Reviews, UncategorizedTags: adventure, aha wnee, backpacking, camping, car camping, epic social adventures, Featured, goals, hike, hiking, illinois, love, missouri, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, summer, tent, tent review, travel, vacation, weekend warriors
Posted on April 24, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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I want to preface this by saying the entirety of this entry actually has zero to do with the outdoors; but I can assure you we do find ourselves there in the end. If you’re okay with reading about things unrelated to my blog’s… Continue Reading “Vices”
Category: UncategorizedTags: addiction, anxiety, challenge, depression, heal, healing, health, life, love, mental health, nature, recovery, reflection, rock bottom, self, self help, self love, stories, survive, survivor
Posted on February 12, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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Good evening everyone! I know it has been a while since I have posted here. I have been working a LOT on other platforms and projects lately. You’re never far from my heart and mind, little blog. February is going to prove that big… Continue Reading “February 2019”
Category: Illinois Park Project, Trail Tuesday, UncategorizedTags: adventure, backpacking, camping, Chicago, epic social adventures, gear forward, goals, happy, health, hiking, illinois, Illinois hiking, Illinois State Parks, life, love, mental health, Midwest, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, state parks, summer, trail maintenance, travel, volunteer, weekend, weekend warriors
Posted on January 3, 2019
by Jennifer Potts
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Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. Here in the Midwest we’ve had some pretty mild weather so far which is great as I have some plans for myself through January. I decided not to set any actual resolutions for… Continue Reading “2019 Hike It List”
Category: river to river trail, Turkey and SnackPack, UncategorizedTags: adventure, appalachian trail, AT, backpacking, camping, epic social adventures, goals, happy, health, hike, hiking, illinois, life, love, mental health, missouri, national park, national parks, nature, opt outside, optoutside, outdoors, roadtrip, section hike, summer, travel, vacation, weekend, weekend warriors
Posted on December 12, 2018
by Jennifer Potts
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For the last few months I have been experimenting with CBD oil and edibles as another natural way (outside of hiking) of easing my anxiety. Along with my anxiety comes restlessness and mild insomnia. CBD comes from the same plant as marijuana – where… Continue Reading “CBD and Me”
Category: Gear and Product Reviews, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, cannabis, cbd, cbd oil, Go Green Hemp, happy, health, Hemp, Hemp oil, life, mental health, nature, outdoors, wellness
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