5 Outdoor Goals for Your New Year’s Resolution

New Year’s Eve is just a couple of days away and it’s a great opportunity to contemplate over making New Year’s Resolutions. This 2018, why don’t you start building yourself through play and do away with the typical resolutions? Keep things straightforward and make some outdoor goals for New Year’s Resolution!

An awesome New Year Resolution for 2018 is to learn or invest more energy in an outdoor pursuit. You’ve been racking up pounds ever since your Christmas Party, Noche Buena, and Media Noche; what better way to start the year with losing those love handles through outdoor activities!

Let’s start the year right with these 5 outdoor goals for your New Year’s resolution:

Plan a hiking activity

One of the famous New Year Resolutions is to set aside some days for a long-distance hiking trip. If you have sufficient energy, planning to climb one of the long trails can be the experience of a lifetime. Try hiking with your co-workers as a team building activity! The Philippines houses some of the most Instagram-worthy views that are worthwhile to visit.

Pico De Loro in Cavite-Batangas, Mt. Balagbag-Maranat and Mt. Daraitan in Rizal, and Mt. Batulao and Mt. Gulugod Baboy in Batangas — all with varying difficulties a beginner can enjoy. An overnight trip and camping will change how you see yourself, the world, and your needs.

Enter an Adventure Race

Remember when Adventure Race used to be the biggest and most celebrated reality TV show? Why don’t you come up with an itinerary that will match the various obstacles in an adventure race?

On the other hand, you can join an Adventure Race here in the Philippines. Join triathlons that will test your strength and mental prowess on water, land, or on your bikes.

Adventure races are intended to test a competitor’s physical and mental continuance and in addition abilities in various orders which can include: rock climbing, rappelling, kayaking, horse riding, mountaineering, whitewater boating, in-line skating, and paragliding.

Just a hint: here at Quest, we have different obstacle courses and an Adventure Tower — a solid combination if you’re looking for an adventure race venue.

An adventure race will test your perseverance, assurance, and stretch you to the furthest limits of the abilities.

Explore a National Park

Set a New Year’s resolution to explore some national parks in Manila or out of Manila. Visiting national park provides you a chance to soak up science, history and more. Make it a New Year’s Resolution to visit no less than one national park out of the blue this year. Curious which of our local destinations are national parks? Here’s a list to name a few:

• Hundred Islands National Park in Pangasinan
• Caramoan National Park in Camarines Sur
• Minalungao National Park in Nueva Ecija
• Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park in Palawan
• Quezon Memorial National Park in Metro Manila

However, whenever you visit these national parks, be aware of your surroundings. Leave no trace! Follow these 7 principles in keeping the environment safe and clean:

• Plan Ahead and Prepare
• Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
• Dispose of Waste Properly
• Leave What You Find
• Minimize Campfire Impacts
• Respect Wildlife
• Be Considerate of Other Visitors

Becoming a Better Photographer

This year, dedicate yourself to capturing the moment and the scenery without too many selfies. Yes, we do understand that it’s important to capture some proof that you’ve been there, but this time, make it different. Starting 2018, focus on the scenery, focus on culture, focus on telling stories through your lens. Go shoot beautiful and mesmerizing views and these captured moments will be a lifetime asset.

Photography can help you to acknowledge small things. Plan to read some photography books, take some photography courses and take more and more photos as a new year’s resolution. You don’t need to purchase an SLR camera or other professional cameras to capture the moment; your smartphone will suffice in capturing those moments in the future. Don’t forget to create memories as well. There’s more to outdoors than meets the eye. Become one with nature!

Outdoor Camping

Camping is an extraordinary method to get to know one another, whether it’s for family fun or with your officemates. It is a fun method to mingle and exhaust quality time with them. Outdoor camping is one of the most preferred activities while team building. Here in Quest Adventure Camp, we’ve received numerous inquiries on our outdoor camping facilities; most of them seeking to be “one with nature”.

Through outdoor camping, we can witness nature and appreciate the magnificence it has. Likewise, an ever-increasing number of individuals are persuaded that outdoors can have significant advantages too. Let’s have a look at the benefits of outdoor camping:

Physical Benefits

• Boost the level of Vitamin D in the body.
• Going outside additionally implies getting the opportunity to appreciate the daylight
• Studies have demonstrated that Vitamin D may help avoid depression, stop hypertension, heart attacks and even a few types of cancer. Vitamin D is activated by sunlight, hence it’s a plausible excuse to go outdoors.
• Helps in getting a good night’s sleep, hence, getting better and more profound rest enables us to have more vitality for the day and a clearer mind.
• Improves metabolism, as getting in touch with nature “resets” our body function and going around aids as an exercise for our body.

Mental Benefits

• Reduce mental stress — unplugging yourself from the hustle and bustle of city living does help
• Nature helps in decreasing anxiety and depression. Some studies show that doing outdoor activities can reduce depression up to 71%.

Social Benefits

• Having a bustling experience can influence quality time that spent for the family, especially the kids. Aside from the physical benefits of going outdoors, kids can also enjoy cognitive and social benefits from going outdoors.
• Camping is likewise an incredible road to know and to make new companions from kindred campers and explorers that you may get to know en route.

Camping is a compelling and cost-efficient type of open-air action. Considering that you’re planning your #OutdoorGoals, give camping a shot and experience the numerous medical advantages of camping along with appreciating the excellence of nature.

Whatever you consider as your New Year’s resolution, set aside some for your #OutdoorGoals. Going outdoors will provide you with the best experience ever and is a guarantee for a happy year ahead!