27/08/2026
A couple of years ago, I wrote “climb 12 Munros” on my New Year’s resolutions.
I climbed none.
This year, something has changed.
In the last couple of weeks I’ve climbed Schiehallion and Ben Chonzie — by myself, map and compass in hand.
I’ve been doing weekly yoga, which has made me stronger (and helped my achy hip). I’ve started volunteering as a trustee for a local walking festival, where I’m constantly surrounded by people talking about mountains and routes.
And I stopped telling myself I *should* climb 12 Munros.
The biggest difference?
Now I actually want to.
I woke up excited to climb them. I’m already eyeing up where to go next.
It’s made me think about something I see with English too.
“Improve my English” can become another thing on the should-do list.
Sometimes progress starts somewhere less obvious: feeling comfortable again, finding the right people, changing the conditions around you, or simply working out a route that makes you want to get moving.
That’s a big part of what we explore at Blue Noun — both on my English holidays and in my one-off Review & Revive sessions.
Not just where you want to get to.
How you might actually enjoy getting there.
