If you’ve been following along since that last post — the one ending with “countdown finished, time to get started” — you’ve probably noticed the countdown finished and then… silence. Fair question: what happened to the Arctic?
Short version: I did the hike. Both hikes, actually — Sweden and the UK. Side trips too. There’s a lot to tell.
Longer version, and the reason it took this long to tell it: not long after that post, I got diagnosed with ADHD. That explained a lot, honestly, but it also meant a stretch of figuring out medication, adjusting to what that meant day to day, on top of some changes at work. All at once, a blog about my adventures became one more thing on a pile that already felt too tall. So it sat. Not abandoned — just parked, the way a lot of things get parked when you’re mid-recalibration.
It’s probably a thread that’ll show up here again — how ADHD shapes the way I plan, pack, and process a trip — but that’s not the point of today’s post.
Things are steadier now, and I’ve got a backlog of stories I actually want to tell — not “should” tell, want to. The Kungsleden trail above the Arctic Circle. The UK Classic in the Lake District. Some detours in between that deserve their own space. So consider this the reopening sign going back up.
If you’re dealing with something similar — a diagnosis, a big adjustment, a project that got quietly shelved while you handled something bigger — no judgment here. Sometimes the trail waits for you.
More soon. Starting with Sweden.
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