Blind Skill….

How about this guy?  While after 32 years i’m still working on the art of walking, 26 year old South Korean archer Im Dong-hun is blasting individual world records and on his way to more gold already in this years London Olympic games.

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photo courtesy of latimes.com

With 10/200 (10%)vision in his right eye and 20/200 (20%)in his left, Im is legally blind but when you can hit a pinhole at 70 meters (230 ft) with an arrow under the pressure of the Olympics finest archers….you are legally awesome my friend.

Adding to his individual world record, IM tagged the team’s world record alongside Kim Bub-min and Oh Jin-hyek as South Korea scored 2,087 points (which broke their previous WR from May).

How does he do it? Im has said that when he looks at the targets, he sees colors with blurred lines and aims by distinguishing between the bright colors of the target.(latimes.com)

The olympics always drums up that good ole’ feeling of pride in the human spirit but I think Im’s performances transcend the games and remind us all that the cards don’t always have to be stacked in our favor to achieve greatness.

Let the games begin!

adam

How do you build a life around adventure and travel?

Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.

What does an adventurous family lifestyle actually look like?

Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation. The version that fits your family is the right one.

How do you balance adventure with stability for kids?

By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.

What has travel taught your family?

That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.

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By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.


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