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I'm your host, Elise Hugh.

Hey, everyone, for the next week and a half, we are going to share a handful of talks, conversations, and podcast episodes from the TED Archive that inspire us as

we're thinking about the end of 2025, as well as the resolutions and practices we hope to

bring into our lives in 26. I hope they inspire you too. We're starting with a talk from

2023 about how to truly savevor life. For storyteller

and nonprofit founder Kenneth Chabair,

it's all about pursuing first experiences.

In his talk, he shares his steps for creating

truly meaningful moments in life,

where novel experiences break up mundane routine

in small but significant ways,

no matter how old you are.

Thank you. routine in small but significant ways, no matter how old you are. In 2018, I had what I call a powerful first experience. At 31 years old, I made my first

snow angel. Now, that may not sound powerful to some of you, but for me, it was. And so how do you get from New York City to Montana? Well, you have to have a horse? I don't make the rules, but not having a horse is why so many people don't make it out there. I'm kidding. I was actually invited to attend and speak at a conference in Big Sky. I'm a kid from the Bronx, so I knew nothing about Big Sky.

I knew nothing about Montana.

In fact, I had only recognized images similar to it as the screensaver that comes on whenever my MacBook goes idle.

I landed in Bozeman and the first thing I did was thank God, because I don't like flying even though I have to do it often.

I walked out of the airport and I saw no skyscrapers, no lines and cabs, no people yelling and arguing, and there were no funny smells that I was familiar with. You know, all the things that

make NYC amazing. So fast forward, I'm in the passenger seat of the car and I'm looking out

the window and I'm just taking on the views. Mountains covered in snow, trees everywhere. And at one point, we passed by these homes that had to be worth millions of dollars because they had the most beautiful view of the environment. Later the next day, as I'm getting offstage from speaking, a woman comes up to me and she asks, would you like to go on a hike? Now I'm from New York City, so a hike is a few city blocks. New York City is at sea level, so we're talking about real oxygen. So no, this was a hike. And at 8,000 feet elevation, one quickly realizes Montana's oxygen just isn't real. Midway through a hike, I can't remember what I said,

but the woman grabs a fist full of snow, puts it in her mouth,

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