QE Strong

A free guide

Seven days outside.

Step out, slow down, and let it settle you.

A sunlit forest path winding through ferns and moss.

We were not built to live entirely indoors, under screens, at full speed, seven days a week. Some of what wears us down is not a deficiency of anything you can buy. It is a deficiency of rest, and of time under the open sky.

Why a week of this

Old, sturdy medicine

Time in nature is one of the better-studied simple things for stress. Unhurried time outdoors is associated with lower stress hormones, lower blood pressure, calmer mood, and better sleep. Solid You do not need a forest. A park, a backyard, or a sunny bench will do.

One thing a day

The seven days

  1. Step outside for ten minutes with no phone. Just look, listen, breathe.
  2. Take a slow walk with no destination and no pace goal.
  3. Sit in the sun for ten minutes, morning light if you can.
  4. Notice five living things. A bird, a tree, a cloud. Really look.
  5. Eat one meal outside, or by an open window, without a screen.
  6. Take a true Sabbath hour. No work, no chores, no scrolling.
  7. Return to your favorite of the week and make it a keeper.

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.Psalm 19:1

The first thing God called holy was not a place or a person. It was rest. This challenge is really about remembering that you are a creature, beloved, allowed to rest, invited to look up. Take the week. Let it do its quiet work.

Rak Chazak, Friend.
Rob René