Door of the day
The doorstep mile
The Norwegians have a phrase that encapsulates the difficulty of starting a journey. Those masters of tough expeditions have put a name to the struggle of setting out from your warm, comfortable, familiar house into the cold, uncomfortable, frightening outdoors.
The Norwegians refer to this moment as the Dørstokkmila — the Doorstep Mile.
The Doorstep Mile, the Norwegians say, is the longest mile of any journey.
Crossing the threshold and beginning.
And yet it is nothing more than one single step.”
– Alastair Humphreys, The Doorstep Mile