Good Cairns

The script

What keeps you going? For me, it’s this. So what makes a good cairn? First, you actually enjoy it. Not something you think you should enjoy, something you look forward to all week. Second, it’s easy. If it takes a lot of planning, money or effort just to get it, it’s not really a cairn anymore. It’s a reward you have to earn. And we know where that leads. Bad cairns mark a trail full of mud, rockslides and storms. Good cairns mark the sunny one. Same summit, but only one of those trails you’ll want to keep walking. The best cairns are things you’d never skip. You don’t have to make time for them. You’d make time anyway. Mine is Fazoli’s. It’s cheap. It’s easy. I never have to talk myself into it. Yours might be Friday movie night, Saturday morning coffee at your favorite coffee shop, pizza with the family, and yes, everything in moderation. Your cairn probably shouldn’t be numerous pints of ice cream, unless that’s already normal for you. Pick something you’ll always look forward to and let it carry you up the mountain. By now, you’re probably wondering why something this small actually works and how to put it all together.