5 Quotes to Make You a Badass (even if you don't hunt bears)
Nat Geo’s Life Below Zero follows folks living in the harsh Alaskan wilderness.
As the only resident of Kavik River Camp, Sue Aikens hunts, fishes, crafts, and above all, solves problems to maintain her lifestyle and business.
It’s a brutal, lonely life 197 miles north of the Arctic Circle, but it’s what she lives for.
I can’t help but be inspired seeing someone so wholeheartedly living their dream–one so different from my own–and the struggles and challenges she’s willing to go through to fight for it.
I’ve seen her build her own hot tub, chicken coop, garden, even weld a dozen barrels together to make a drainage tunnel, and so much more.
Life Below Zero has been my zone-out-before-bed show lately, but I always look up from my phone for Sue’s segments.
She’s insanely wise and funny and inspirational as fuck, just by living her life.
The way she embraces hardship and failure but also cheers for her own successes is a constant reminder to me. Even if I’m living and pursuing a vastly different way of life, the lessons are universal:
Steer into difficulty, what you want is on the other side.
And remember to acknowledge when you’ve done a good job.
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