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Live Your Dream

"Your greatest regrets in life will be the things you didn’t do, not what you did do."
- Mark Twain

This website and its affiliated “Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream” podcast, have the goal of inspiring you to bust out of your daily routine and add some spice to your life by pursuing an ambitious dream adventure. Read on to recognize your own potential to rise, strive, and achieve your dream.

Adventure Stories

An ever-growing library of stories by people who have pursued and achieved a cool outdoor adventure.

Inspiration

Everyone needs some inspiration and tips and tricks for motivation now and again. Find yours here.

Podcast

See a summary of all the "Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream" podcast episodes, and the links to listen.

Resources

Need ideas for an adventure, or guidance for how to achieve yours? Here's a curated list of resources to help.

Adventure Stories

Dave enjoying the mountain views
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Rolf and his bike in front of a county courthouse
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Grace blog post cover photo
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Sailboat "Big Bird" with its beautiful big yellow parasail raised
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Arid mountainous hiking
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SUP paddling on the Yukon River
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Inspiration

A cold, foggy, and windy day atop Mt. Fuji
Photo of a sundial
Photo of a person "pushing" a massive rock up a hill.

Podcast

The Ultra Ultra Runner

To run a marathon is a great accomplishment. If you do that, then it’s just 5 more miles to complete a 50k race. Then a mere 19 more to knock out a 50-miler. Now it sounds really hard, but double that and you have a 100-miler. Well, this guy has shaped his life around doing these 50- and 100-milers, a couple dozen of them. Hear how (and why) one does that, and what it feels like. And he might even convince you that it’s not as difficult as most people think!

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Skiing the Swiss Haute Route

Finally, for you skiers out their, our first episode about the sport. But this isn’t just your typical downhill or cross-country skiing. This is a ski touring adventure done by throwing a big pack on your back and forging a trail deep into the Swiss Alps to travel for a week from hut to hut. There’s the famous Haute Route and other destinations, and plenty of descriptions of what you can expect if you give hut-to-hut ski touring a try. An adventure with a mix of most everything.

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Frog Mom Swims the English Channel

This middle-aged mother of two found open-water swimming to bring solace to life’s challenges. Listen to how one thing led to another until – much to her own great surprise – she ended up swimming the English Channel. It took over 19 hours, but proved a world of confidence for her and set the path for more great dreams to pursue.

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Resources

Movie poster for the film Nyad
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The WOOP logo
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Pink cartoon image of a brain pumping barbells
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Nyad

Want to know what it's like to swim non-stop in the ocean for 53 hours? Or try and fail at...

The Science Behind WOOP

WOOP is a neuroscience-based methodology for increasing your rate of success in achieving goals. It stands forWishOutcomeObstaclePlanWOOP is a mental...

Arthur the King

I was initially uninterested in seeing this movie because for some reason I had the impression it would be a...

Undaunted Courage

This biography by Stephen Ambrose is about Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis & Clark expedition fame. Ambrose assembles a mix...

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