One of the things that excites me most about Arkansas Women Bloggers is the diversity within our group.  We come from different backgrounds, different kinds of families and we have different interests in blogging and different goals for our futures.  The one thing that seems to unify us is our lust for adventure.  I’ve yet to meet a blogger that was totally opposed to new experience and adventure.  We thrive on new and exciting and can’t wait to tell the rest of the world about it through our blogs .

This month we are focusing on Life Adventures and we have several bloggers lined up to tell you about just a piece of their life adventure.

Additionally, we will be doing a “micro” blogging challenge each Saturday to help you make life your adventure!  We will provide you with a small personal challenge that will hopefully inspire you in your writing.  We will not have an official link up for these challenges but want to encourage you to link up any posts you write in our weekly Sunday Link up.

Making Life Your Adventure – Micro Blogging Challenge #1

The funny thing about adventure is that is it always there.  The problem with adventure is that we often over look it or choose not to take part in the adventure.

Today’s challenge is about making life your adventure.

Sounds pretty simple and yet overwhelmingly difficult all at the same time.

If we take a different perspective we can begin to see the adventure that is in our everyday lives.  Break away from the mundane, the daily routine.  Here are 5 tips for making life your adventure.

5 Tips for Making Life Your Adventure

1. Slow Down, Be Aware, Notice Things
Sounds simple right?  But how often do you move through your life on autopilot?  Take 10 minutes to really explore your senses.  What to you hear? What do you smell? What can you touch? What do you sense?

2. Set Electronics Boundaries
You probably give a lot of thought to how much time your kids spend on the internet, video games and other electronic devices.  Have you really ever evaluated your own use?  Many times we get sucked into the electronic devices because of what we perceive as boredom. For one week set some electronics boundaries and then stick to them.  Plan a family activity or work on a DIY project you’ve been meaning to get to.

3. Cultivate Spontaneity
The best adventures come through spur of the moment decisions.  Be intentional about inviting spontaneity into your life.  Try a new restaurant or at least order something other than your usual at your favorite restaurant.  Stay up late.  Let your kids stay up late. Get in the car and just drive.  Stop somewhere that looks interesting.  Stop somewhere that doesn’t look interesting and invoke suggestion #1.

4. Act like a child
Kids are so good at playing.  At some point in life we start allowing ourselves to believe that there is something wrong with acting like a child and we snuff out all the fun in our lives.  On the last day of school I had a small group of 8th grade boys that were hanging out in my classroom.  I pulled out an old set of Lincoln Logs I had found at a garage sale.  The boys LOVED it.  They played like kids again and it was so fun to watch.  Do something that really brings out the kid in you!

5. Find your Passion
Recently, several of us attended Bean2Blog at P. Allen Smith’s farm in Little Rock.  Allen was asked what he thought the best course of action was to achieving success.  His answer was to follow your passion.  Find what you love and do it.  Chase it. Catch it. Cultivate it.  What is your passion?