Alaska Chick, the Alaskan Expat
~As I am sitting here, waiting on the slow-beyond-all-belief-or-possibility internet to finish pulling up the edit page to create a link... (sheesh!) I am wondering a few things.
AND!!
The pictures accompanying the post today are of rocks I have picked up, most are from this fall, but a few I have had for a long time. Like this first one. The year I decided I needed to be a sheep-guide if I was ever going to earn the respect I would need, to do my job.
First, the Expat 30 Program... I really want to participate, but I am lost for my goal. (I do have some ideas!) This is what I want to share with you today. We will save the next two for another discussion!
Second, after reading all the emails I came home to after our Fall Hunting Season had ended, I of course printed the ones that had affected me the most or that I felt I needed to read over again, as I always do. I noticed something I wanted to share with you all.
Third, I have to find a way to reach the Adventure minded humans that haven’t met us yet. I have a power need to make a difference to Master Guide Terry Overly (aka, my Dad, Papa, Boss) and the worry that weighs on him day and night. To prove (to myself...and, I suppose all the lessor-humans that still wonder when I’m gonna go!) I am worthy of the trust he has placed in me.
{TheCastle TheCastle TheCastle TheCastle TheCastle TheCastle TheCastle TheCastle}~ Ok, The Castle is on my mind.... always.
Ok, the Expat 30 Program, created and led by John Falchetto, was in my inbox when I returned home. The first was already well underway. I read the posts, printed out the Program and the Workbook, re-read ...and now, I want to begin.
I completely believe in John’s Program, intellectually, I know it will work, besides that
~ I trust John. I am writing this, to all of you, because there is still so much I don’t understand as yet, but I understand enough to know ~I should!
(LOL) I need help!
Right from the get-go, Motivation -vs- Inspiration, “Without inspiration, motivation fails us.” ~ John Falchetto. This statement, I’ve read it over and over, speaks to me somehow. I can feel it inside me.
What this says to me, “Without inspiration, motivation fails us.” what John is saying to me, is that I must consistently and faithfully believe and remind myself why, I think. Doing something well almost always takes time and effort, it also almost always takes a lot of time and an enormous effort. It doesn’t necessarily mean when the going gets tough, you quit or give up, but it may mean everyday the struggle could get harder if you don’t remember why you are working so hard or trying so hard.
...Ok, I can do this...
“Being you is probably the toughest job you will ever know.” ~ John Falchetto
Boy, he sure nailed that one! Some days people are convinced they would like to be someone else.
~There have been years in my past I was certain I’d love to be anyone else!
I know this is probably a good thing, the more I open my heart, the more I learn and understand.... the more that becomes painfully obvious about myself, that I need to change or improve and honestly, some that shame me.
Tough? Oh yeah.
“No shortcuts” ~ John
Falchetto
~Wait! There are shortcuts?!
“Our deepest fear is to look inside and find out what we are truly made of.” ~ John Falchetto
I will not quit. (creepy little voice ~ “You have before.”)
I will contribute in a wonderful way. (creepy little voice ~ “You never have before.”)
I will be important. (creepy little voice ~ “You never have before, to anyone.”)
Alright. You get the drift. This has the potential, I think, to really do something. I have a goal. I have a prize waiting at the end. I really, sincerely, with all my heart, want that prize.
What I am wondering is that, is my goal off target? I want to find what I have been missing. The goal for this blog, Alaska Chick’s Blog was to allow folks from anywhere to everywhere know who we really are and what incredible Adventures we would love to share with them. Period. That was the goal.
It is so much more than that now.
The only achievement I can think of (although I consider having TWO great Bloggers award me the Versatile Blogger Award a pretty HUG
E achievement!) that relates to my goal is the website (pioneeroutfitters.com) and this blog (pioneeroutfitters.com/AlaskaChickBlog/)
~ I learned what HubSpot was offering and teaching. I learned what CMS was and how to use it. I created something that I had been paying to be told, for years, that “it couldn’t be done like that.” I did it. HubSpot taught me how.
~ The website is an assessable source of information and has brought Pioneer Outfitters to the attention of people, from all over the world.
What did I do and for who? ~ I built a website for our company and created a blog. I learned this and did it for Pioneer Outfitters, For Master Guide Terry Overly and what he represents, I did it for all the friends we haven’t met yet, I did it for Papa, who always does everything for everyone.
~I really want to make a difference. I know we can. Do you have any suggestions on a new habit? (I would like it to be in-line or at least supportive of and with my ultimate goal of booking our Seasons of Adventures two years in advance.)
~ I hope you enjoyed my rock collection! (Many-many more!! I didn't want to go too-oo ☺overboard!
I am, Alaska Chick.
“As you look, really look, and find no words; feeling both, your heart healing and filling to an inner bursting point and feeling that your soul has been laid open to the breeze and wind like a raw wound. This takes you beyond the physical, past the mental; this is the spiritual element. This is Chisana.”
My name is Amber-Lee Dibble and I am the Manager at Pioneer Outfitters. We are located in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park & Preserve, our nation’s largest, most unexplored, unexploited and untouched National Park.
I am Mom, the Manager and the lead Guide of the Extreme Pro Team Guides. Born a Capricorn 1, Week of the Ruler, on the Day of The Indomitable One.
Pioneer Outfitters has been taking people into the wilderness of Alaska on horseback for Spiritual, Pleasure, Gold Panning, Glacier Exploring and Historic Trail Pack Trips, as well as Big Game Hunting and Survival & Guide Training since 1924. We, our family and our horses have always lived here year-round. As we make our life, we make our “living.”
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