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"Keep close to Nature's heart ... Wash your spirit clean," suggested wilderness giant John Muir.
You needn't disappear into the woods for a week, but Friday (or sometime this month) is an ideal opportunity to embrace Muir's timely and timeless advice, to wash clean of 2020 through a stop outdoors.
Consider a "First Day Hike," a New Year's Day tradition in the spirit of renewal.
The initial First Day Hike can be traced to Massachusetts in the early 1990s, the brainchild of a Massachusetts state park manager motivated to get visitors to the parks during winter. The hikes became an initiative of the National Association of State Park Directors, aka America's State Parks, in 2012, and have since been a staple at several Minnesota state parks and recreation areas.