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Hyperbole, sure, but being outside </span></span></span><em><span style="color:rgb(249, 247, 244);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">really does</span></span></span></em><span style="color:rgb(249, 247, 244);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> change so many things. It improves our mental health, our immune system, reduces our stress levels, boosts creativity, lowers blood pressure.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:rgb(249, 247, 244);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We donβt need to know the science to know the truth on this one. We feel it.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://outwardboundcalifornia.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e5729f3456af9b4638528aba2&id=63962d446e&e=8be4543127" target="_blank" style="color: #fdba8b;"><span style="color:rgb(253, 186, 139);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">An interview with Axel</span></span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(253, 186, 139);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(249, 247, 244);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">after his desert expedition with Mission High School touches on this. Itβs not that he lists off a bunch of benefits, but heβs smiling ear to ear. He said he didnβt even think of his phone all week, and then he pats the dirt next to him, and says: </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#fdba8b;"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> βI felt more attached to this earth. Going out in nature is something Iβm looking forward to do in the future. I was stuck in the cycle of the same routine β but this week definitely broke that routine.β</span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:rgb(249, 247, 244);"><span style="font-size: 14px"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Why do you go outside? Hit reply and let me know. 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