Katie Wright
Ready to live a more adventurous life?
Thank you for stopping by! I am a writer, adjunct law professor, amateur figure skater and fitness instructor living in beautiful southwest Ohio. I am fascinated with fear and how we can conquer it. I am in love with learning new skills and growing in epic ways. You’ll find me skiing the slopes of the Duning Kruger effect (look it up!) as I share about adventure, new experiences, and living a more expansive life.
If today is harder than yesterday
I wrote once, years ago when I was in law school, that sometimes I felt like a little mole, digging in the darkness. That there are times in one’s life when there seems to be no light and no purpose outside of this one action: to move dirt and move through. It is a...
How life can be light as a feather this Christmas
“I’m sorry. He said what?” I had been finishing my morning coffee when I’d decided to check in with the AAA insurance representative. (In hindsight, contacting an insurance adjuster first thing is not the morning ritual I recommend.) A few weeks ago, I was driving...
What happens when you fly in the face of fear
“They say the coldest place in the world is an airplane hangar in winter.” A sharp wind whistled through the hangars and stung my face. I laughed. The flight instructor was right. The sun was just glinting through an opening in the silver clouds as I climbed into...
Twelve ways to have a more adventurous winter
This morning, I noticed that the leaves on the old maple out my front window were sparser than yesterday. The tree had shifted from its brilliant autumn orange to a bare and brittle brown. Well, it is November, I thought. Winter is on its way. For some, the coming of...
Adversity, adventure and being antifragile
Before I had anxiety, I never thought about my heart. But for a few years after my first panic attack, I had whole stretches where I felt like I was having a heart attack every other day. I would call my Dad from work. Chest pains, I would describe. My heart is...
31. Baking Halloween cookies for the nursing home
A few weeks ago, I called Wilmington Nursing and Rehab to ask if I could bring a batch of cookies to the residents. Having lived within two blocks of the nursing home for the last two years, I’ve often wanted to go visit with the residents, but could never seem to get...
30. Late-night harvesting with a happy ending
It was 9 p.m. when I pulled off Glady road into an adjacent soybean field. Dust permeated the air and the bright lights of a far-off harvester moved slowly across the horizon. “Are you here? Oh, I see your car. Come on over to the combine.” Hugh hung up the phone and...
29. Exploring the confederate POW camp on Johnson’s Island
In 1862, Johnson’s Island was a stockade with 15-foot high fences, accessible only by boat. The 300-acre limestone island in the middle of the Sandusky Bay housed hundreds of confederate prisoners of war. When I followed the route to get there, I came to a long,...
28. Watching the sunrise from the Marblehead Lighthouse
Oh my. This isn’t what I had expected. I pulled my suitcase through the door of a dimly lit hotel room that smelled unnervingly like a funeral home. Wooden bedframes and antiquated lamps stood out against the floral carpet and lacy bedcovers. It was a quaint room and...
27. An unexpected moment on Catawba Island
Some moments take your breath away. When I found myself sitting alone on the rocks at Catawba Island State Park, watching the sun throw orange flares across the waves, I had to laugh and shake my head. How did I end up here? There had been so many coincidences this...