My husband and I love to go on extended road trips. We love the unpredictability of what we will find and the adventure. For us, we find that spending time in nature or experiencing new things nourishes our souls.
While focusing on your career can help build you wealth, there are other currencies, too. Having financial stability is helpful, but for me, I need to fill my soul with adventure.
How to Make Each Day an Adventure
You don’t need to go on expensive trips or long road trips to enjoy adventure. I look at adventure as a mindset. It’s trying new things and being open to the world and all its possibilities.
Make a Local Bucket List
Write down places that are close to you that you would like to visit. Perhaps you’ve never gone camping before and there is a nice campground close by. Spend a weekend camping there to see how you like it. Maybe there are interesting attractions nearby like museums or adventure parks that you could check out. You might be surprised at how many things are around you that you have never visited or even known about.
Take Different Routes to Places
If you have always taken one specific route to work, try a new route. You never know what you will find! I recently went to meet a friend who moved 90 minutes way from me. I ended up deviating from the directions I had on navigation because there was a lot of traffic. I discovered beautiful countryside and scenery I never would have found had I not gone off the main roads.
Eat Something New
Explore a new restaurant you’ve never been to or make a recipe you’ve never made before. One year when my husband and I travelled back home, my brother suggested eating at a new taco place that was radically different from anything we ever had before. We went and the tacos were amazing! Now I love trying tacos at different places whenever we travel.
Learn Something New
Take a class or study something you’re interested in. The possibilities are endless. You can learn how to play guitar, speak another language, photography, calligraphy, surfing, etc. You might discover a new passion!
Experience a New Activity
Do something that you normally wouldn’t do. Do some archery or go axe throwing. Go rafting or ziplining. Get out of your comfort zone and have fun!
Challenge Your Beliefs
Seek out conversations with people who have different beliefs than you do. Or take a break from things you would normally read, watch, or listen to. Change it up and see what new perspectives you can experience.
You don’t need fancy vacations to exotic places to have an adventure. You can create adventures for yourself every day. You are too extraordinary to live ordinarily.
