| You may have had some amazing travel | | | | spend some time each day. You can do this by |
| adventures, and you may plan to have more. | | | | placing a couple of Adirondack chairs around a fire |
| Hopefully, you also have a little bit of down time | | | | pit in your back yard, or by moving some canvas |
| that you can enjoy in a place called home. Oddly | | | | lawn chairs and a mini-fridge into your garage. |
| enough, finding excitement and adventure on a | | | | Being outdoors allows you to expand your |
| daily basis is a lot more challenging at home than | | | | thinking. |
| when you're hiking up an unknown mountainside | | | | Down time is important too. Taking time to slow |
| or tasting an exotic delicacy on foreign soil. I say | | | | down, chat with a friend or loved one and forget |
| oddly enough because life at home really has a lot | | | | your troubles is important. It may be you and a |
| of challenges, so it should be seen as an | | | | beer. Or chatting with a kid about school. This can |
| adventure. | | | | actually be a good time to plan, or just dream |
| In order to get past the ho-hum dreariness of | | | | about your next travel adventure. Setting aside |
| your daily chores or the sheer stress of job, | | | | time each day is essential to recapture your spirit. |
| family or money related issues I recommend that | | | | Finally, fun. Isn't this what it's all about? The truth |
| you look at 3 areas of your life: outdoor space, | | | | is that you can find adventure right in your own |
| down time, and fun. | | | | backyard, or maybe the state park in your neck |
| How much time you spend in the outdoors has | | | | of the woods. Take a walk, a bike ride, and |
| less to do with where you live than it does with | | | | explore your local neighborhood. I'll be there are |
| the type of person you are. If you're truly an | | | | tourist attractions and campsites in a day's drive |
| adventure seeker, it's a safe bet to say that | | | | that you're not even aware of. |
| you've spent a good deal of time rafting down | | | | A sense of adventure is more about your |
| rivers or rappelling down a mountainside. Too | | | | willingness to explore what's around you and try |
| much? OK. Maybe you just appreciate fresh air | | | | something new than it is about where you go or |
| and the feel of being near a roaring ocean or a | | | | how daring the activity. Underground caverns, |
| snow-capped mountain. Adventure is more about | | | | jellyfish on a beach or owl-sightings on a |
| trying something new than doing something daring. | | | | mountainside are great. If you're willing to create |
| The secret is to bring your love for adventure | | | | the time and space in your daily life you're bound |
| home. One way to do this is to transform your | | | | to come up with some adventures in your own |
| porch, back yard, balcony or even garage into an | | | | back yard. Or patio, deck, front porch... |
| attractive sitting area where you will want to | | | | |