Before I continue I must confess that I stole part of the title of this post from another blog I usually read - Amit Mehta - The dark side of online success. I just loved the whole “dark side” bit and though I’d use it. I’m sure you’ve heard me say that for the past 8 years working out of our home did see me put on a considerable amount of weight. And I’m sure many of you who do work from home can relate. I try my best during the warm months to do things in the back yard etc that tuggs me away from the confines of the office (oh how I love air condition when it’s muggy hot) and this comfy leather chair I park my ass on a daily basis. But even with a gym membership, the whole weight gain and staying healthy is a constant challenge.

Only recently my mom told me that one of the fellas I grew up with in my village had a heart attack… still sends chills down my back when I think about it. I believe he’s only about 7 years older than me.

Living in Canada where the winters can be long and brutal, you have the choice of learning to enjoy winter sports (no thanks), hitting a gym (I get bored easily) or setting up a home gym (basically new pieces of furniture that never gets used). So you’re stuck for about 5 months with no real activity if you do the type of work I’m involved with. However during the warm months “I do love me some outdoors”! When our girls were a bit younger we did some hiking and it’s something we did enjoy, so this year we’ve decided to get back into hiking. But you can’t hike if you don’t know the trails.

I think it was a couple days ago I was speaking with David Ledoux via email when he pointed me to Meetup.com (he had shown me the link about 2 years ago, but I never paid it any attention at the time) This time though, I hit the gold-mine. I was able to search according to my postal code and find so many freaking groups I wanted to join..it’s amazing. I lucked out and found a local hiking group here in Hamilton with over 100 members. No longer do I have to guess where trails are, how difficult they were or how to get to them. With my new buddies in the Hiking- Meetup … it’s all done for me.

If you’re not already using Meetup.com, I suggest you head over there and take a peek at what people are doing in your area. You’ll be amazed at how many specialty groups you can join and stay connected with people who enjoy the same things you do.

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