Wave Goodbye, Couch Potatoes—Adventure’s Calling and You’re Already Late



Feeling stuck? This spirited blog post dares you to ditch the daydreams and chase the real-life adventures you’ve been avoiding. Your couch will miss you, but you won’t miss it.

What’s up? What do you have going on? Surely, you have something going on. Are you planning an adventure? Perhaps you’re going to risk and ask someone out for lunch or coffee or dinner. Maybe you’ll buy an airline ticket and take that trip you’ve always wanted to take. Maybe you’ll do something that will cause your family, neighbors, and friends to shake their heads and wonder what happened to you. If that’s the case, wave at them, smile, and give them a familiar sales Texas comment, adios amigo. You’re moving on with your life. No more sitting on the sofa thinking and wishing what you could do. You decided to do it. You’ll feel better and you’ll have stories to tell.

Passport Not Required: Why Your Soul Craves a Little Adventure (Even if It’s Just to the Corner Store)

Think you need a plane ticket and a passport to have an adventure? Think again. Whether it’s Venice or your neighbor’s garage sale, adventure is a mindset—and it’s begging you to RSVP “yes.”

I think deep within each of us there’s a need for adventure. At the present moment, I have a granddaughter in Venice. A daughter traveling with her college class on their way home from Italy and they are in London waiting for a connecting flight. I have a friend at the gym who told me he and his wife are headed to Boston and Cape Cod later this summer. Another friend and his wife are on a cruise traveling through the Gulf of Mexico on their Caribbean adventure. Adventures are good. They give us something to look forward to. They give us stories to bring back and tell over and over again during the winter. We don’t have to go far from home for an adventure. Taking an adventure really is doing something totally different from what we habitually do. Adventurous keep us young in spirit. They’re good for us. We can make every day an adventure. What adventures do you have in mind for today?

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