Everybody does better outside.
The 14 days outside challenge. One tiny quest a day, done wherever you already live — Manhattan included.
Most of us spend far too much time indoors. It is not good for us. Give me ten minutes a day. I’ll give you a reason to go outside.
Quick facts
Life feels better outside.
You know the feeling. The air hits your face. Your body starts moving. The tension in your chest, neck and arms loosens. Your thoughts have more space. You are not necessarily calm or slow. You are steadier. More awake. More yourself.
That is what I want you to have more of. Not with a retreat. Not with a move to a tent. With ten honest minutes a day, where you already are.
Ten minutes is enough.
You don’t need an afternoon or a free weekend. Ten minutes is enough to change how the day feels. — and the first five are the most importans.
Your city counts.
Your street, a nearby park, a courtyard or the space outside your workplace. Manhattan absolutely counts.
Bring nothing.
No special shoes. No technical trousers. (Unless you love shopping. Then buy the trousers, they're lovely.) No experience required. Just open the quest and go
Nature is not a place you drive to.
It's a street tree, a houseplant, a coffee cup carried out to a bench. You don't have to go find it. You have to go outside.
14 days. One tiny quest at a time.
For 14 days from Sept 9th I send you one small nature quest a day. Straight from Norway to your inbox. Something to explore, try, solve or do outside. The quests are not about feeling the correct thing. You go outside, do the quest and find out what happens. We meet online three times to talk about what you did, what you discovered and what being outside is doing for you.
Opening online campfire
A tiny quest each day
Live campfire and reflection
A tiny quest each day
Closing campfire
Outside is good for you. You know that.
Ten minutes outside will not empty your calendar. It will get you away from the tabs, messages and other people’s opinions long enough to notice what you want, what you can do and which thought is actually yours.
You come back steadier. More awake. More able to meet the rest of your life. We start Sept 9th.
We start Sept 9th.
I didn't leave one world for the other.
I'm Solfrid Bøhler. I know full calendars — decades of corporate life, in Norway and the US. And I know nature — a Girl Scout since I was eight. Since then, I have spent nearly four decades making fires, finding routes, solving problems and leading people throug snow and mud. I later trained as a forest bathing guide.
Then a serious illness knocked my body out from under me. Learning to trust it again started with something almost comically small: a coffee cup carried out to a bench. Then a walk. Then a fire. Eventually a mountaintop.
I am serious about this. People need nature. We need to move, use our bodies, face the weather and spend time around things that are alive. You don't need become outdoorsy.
You just need somewhere to start.