I remember meeting up with an old ex-boyfriend partway through walking the length of New Zealand and he said the weirdest thing…
He said:
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Learnings
You don’t have to be a superstar
One of the random I thoughts and doubts I had ahead of walking the length of New Zealand was…
Continue readingWhat book editing has to do with life
I’ve started the editing process of the first draft of my book detailing my experience of walking the Te Araroa Trail down the length of New Zealand.
I had been dreading it.
Continue readingThere is always hope
There is always hope – even when things are pretty bad, you feel down or the world seems out to get you.
Recently, I got engaged – yip over the moon!
But this was the last place I imagined I’d ever be.
Continue readingHow do you improve your self-worth?
How can I improve my self-worth?
That was the question I asked myself when I experienced the fallout from an emotionally abusive relationship.
It’s taken several years to put the pieces together to realise it wasn’t a matter of trying to improve my self-worth but rather recognising my self-worth was always there.
Bottom line…
Continue readingSmall steps to success
It’s all about the small steps and taking the next one.
When I first set out walking the length of New Zealand, the whole concept was so huge and overwhelming and I was filled with self-doubt and worries about what ifs.
It proved to be pretty paralysing for the first couple of years I toyed with the idea – and consequently talked myself out of it.
Continue readingSelf-doubt doesn’t have to hold you back
“If only I didn’t doubt myself then I’d be able to walk the length of New Zealand.”
That’s what I told myself over and over again when I was “trying to find” the courage to take on the adventure.
I thought my self-doubt was holding me back, stopping me in my tracks, and pointing to a belief that I just wasn’t good enough.
I finally got to the point where this thinking was driving me crazy and somewhere inside me wanted to prove it was all wrong. I’d put off doing the walk for three years, too consumed with self-doubt.
Enough was enough!
But my self-doubt didn’t vanish.
Continue readingYour dreams are waiting
The girl stood on tip toe on the narrow knobbly rock, one hand holding on for dear life, the other reaching for the ledge above.
The ground plummeted some 5 metres below.
Her friend holding the ropes sat not far above her, urging her on.
She had about one metre left to climb. She just needed to get over the ledge, the tricky obstacle in her way.
Continue readingLife lessons I learnt sailing around Great Britain
Almost four months on a cosy 28-foot boat with the love of your life, dealing with temperamental weather and an ocean as changeable as a teenager’s mood swings is one of those experiences that make you look at life and your place in it.
I don’t know if I’d go as far to say I’m stronger or that it was a transformational experience – during the sail I often compared to my 3,000km (1,864 miles) walk down the length of New Zealand, which really did change me as a person – but the sailing challenge made me sit up.
These are some of the things I learnt.
Continue readingAbuse doesn’t go unnoticed – friends can tell
I always felt there was something wrong with a previous relationship.
I was right – it was emotionally abusive.
Only I didn’t realise it at the time.
I thought it was me that was setting the relationship all skew whiff – I was blamed enough times to believe it.
But my friends knew something was off.
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Katrina Megget 