The 5-5-5 Rule · Recalibrate Outdoors

The 5-5-5 Rule

Another handy resource to keep in your rucksack for when situations arise that you may ruminate on (overthink or obsessively return to).

It's also useful in outdoor scenarios! Let's have a look.

The 5-5-5 rule looks at giving you a framework to pose questions to.

Will this situation bother me in 5 minutes?

What has happened?
Pause and take 5 minutes to consider the situation, possible challenges and solutions
Is the situation significant enough not to ignore and move on? If yes, then consider your next move.

2. Will this situation bother me in 5 days?

Consider, if you were to carry around the weight of that situation or the outcome, how would you feel in 5 days? Confident? Upset? Worried? Angry?
If it will sit with you for 5 consecutive days - move to considering current solutions to the challenge

3. 5 Years - will this still matter in 5 years?

Is this a risky situation whereby the negative outcome will still be with you for 5 years or potentially impact you / others for another 5 years?
Consider the mental load of carrying a poor decision or actions for 5 years
Will it even matter in 5 years? Will people move on and forget about it?

These are all useful questions to pose to yourself when considering actions to a situation whether it be outdoors in terms of making decisions or in daily life in terms of coping with conflict or other difficult situations.

Hope it helps 👍🏼

~Step Outside, to Reset Inside~

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The 5-5-5 Rule