Dare to Plan
#35 Days of Dares #31 Dare to Plan It’s a seeming paradox but it’s important to plan for adventure. But, isn’t adventure spontaneous? In an earlier post I shared about The Theory of Planned Behaviour and about how my husband and…
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Not All Those Who Wander
Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R. Tolkien This quote has spoken to me many times when life has seemed chaotic or random. We plan our adventures, but leave enough looseness in the schedule to be able to randomly have conversations…
No Risk, No Story
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller There have been lots of occasions where I’ve said yes to doing something and then been completely freaked out about it afterwards. Those times I’ve done those things…
Adventures in Authenticity
The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. David O. Russell Today we went on a canoe tour with a father and daughter team. They invited us to a bonfire…
Stare: being mindful
Today’s adventure involved riding a bike six kilometres to the southern tip of West Island in the Cocos Keeling Islands and snorkelling for two hours before riding back to our accommodation. As we snorkelled we studied the coral…
Beautiful Mess: an adventure with your body
She is delightfully chaotic; a beautiful mess. Loving her is a splendid adventure. Steve Maraboldi I don’t know about you, but struggling with or against my body has been a huge part of my thinking and focus since I was…