Let’s face it. I can be an all work/no play girl. When Dax Moy launched his Magic One Hundred program, I was excited. 100 work goals, right?
No.?
There’s an entire section on ADVENTURE.
…blink… blink…?
What?
Adventure?
Me?
What about… WORK?
No seriously, WHAT ABOUT WORK?
You can see that I have a fairly serious problem. In order to create a little balance in my life, I started to work on a list of Adventure goals. And came up with exactly… two goals.
So, I asked my friends, my family and the usual suspects. I now have twelve Adventure goals. (Applause please)
Here’s where you come in. I don’t have any idea what adventures lurk out there in the world.
Here are my twelve goals. I need twenty.
Help a girl out and suggest another eight. PLEEEEEEZZZZEEEE!!!
THURSDAY 13 -?Claudia’s Lame Adventure Goals for 2009
1. ?Plan one backpacking trip for the summer.
2. ?Ride the bike path from Idaho Springs to Georgetown
3. ?Go cross country skiing by myself (with Rose – of course)
4. ?Visit one national monument or park in Colorado?
5. ?Finally make it to Dinosaur National Monument (Very long story)
6. ?Visit the Denver Art Museums on a regular basis.
7. ?Learn to rollarblade (without killing myself)
8. ?Participate in one book club where either the Fey or Denver Cereal is discussed <–decidedly a work goal, don’t you think? See! I suck!
9. ?Go Bungee jumping <–stolen from every middle aged losers adventure goal list.
10. Do one thing I’m not good at every week.
11. Find new spot to rollarskate and go rollarskating.
12. White water rafting <–see #9
13. Please help a girl out. I’ll post your suggestions here with a link to your blog.
When I think adventure, I tend to think of travel. Do these have to be reasonable? I’ll try to include some not so far fetched ideas…
-go camel riding in the Saharan desert
-drive cross-country by back roads, stopping anywhere you feel
-go hang-gliding
-go parasailing
-swim with the sharks
-go on a safari
-go to see the northern lights somewhere
-ooh, go see the Iditarod
-go to hawaii and take a helicopter ride over the live volcano
-dive the Great Barrier Reef
-work at a big cat rescue in Africa
ok, as you can see, mine tend to be geared toward travel. I can’t help it. I think it’s ingrained.
Hitchhike 20 miles
The only way I’m jumping off a bridge or out of a plane is if it’s my only chance of survival.
I watched them bungee on Amazing Race this week, and I’m like no way!
Juggle chainsaws?
Okay, seriously.
- hang-giding
- caving
- volunteer work in a third world country
- work on a farm
- canoe voyage
- feed squirrels!
Hmmm…a goal that is not work related….
Girls only trip to NYC!!!!!
Who me selfish? I am only trying to help you meet your goals.
Seriously though, it is a great list and I hope you accomplish all of those goals and more!
I was just thinking the other day I wished I had learned how to rollerblade when I was younger.
Best wishes in achieving your goals this year!
You’ve come up with more than I could! We’ve been doing great on a kind of adventure goal we set ourselves months ago–we hike someplace different every weekend, mostly visiting castles, but not always. I’m very pleased with this, but it was not at all easy to get into the habit. Maybe once it warms up, we’ll add biking into the mix.
Walk the Freedom Trail in Boston
I have the perfect thing for your list!! Knit something you have NOT knit before – challenge yourself with Intarsia or stranded color work! Have you steeked yet? How about 2 socks on 1 circular needle knit toe up?
Wait!!
You could take a spinning lesson!!! (And, I don’t mean on a bicycle!!)
The possibilities are endless… truly!! There is a world of new adventures at your finger tips and you do not have to jump off something tall with a ginormous rubber band attached to your body….
Adventures in fiber… the very best kind!
How about
-learn to wakeboard. I did that last summer and had a blast.
-learn to indoor rock climb (I sooo want to do this)
Go hangliding.
Try something new every week for one month.
Try a food you have never tried before once a week for one month.
Take a trip to a city you want to visit by yourself.
Take a flying lesson.
Try something you’ve wanted to do, but never thought you could.
take a GOOD photography class Idid and it changing the way I look at the world and life
Visit a waterfall or a cavern. Stop at the tavern for a beer.
Random act of kindness for an elderly neighbor,
Have fun with your list!
It could be me, but those don’t sound at all lame. Quite reasonable… but you neglect making plans for world domination… which, in my opinion, should be on everyone’s list.
To me, adventure is grocery shopping with 5 kids, but for you, why not climb something really tall (12 story building with no elevator?) or try exotic new foods or walk with a friend through a really rough part of town…I am really a lot worse at this than you are.
What a great list! I bet you’ll have tons of fun doing all these things.
Well, you’ve given me few ideas. How about a train ride through the mountains or a guided tour of haunted houses?
Oh, no you don’t.
This is all work.
And CHiC’s just trying to get Rupe to be her foil. Rupe sees you comin’ a mile away. You can’t fool Rupe. Nope.
Rupe will fill the chainsaws with gas and rev’em up for you, however.
XOXOXO
Great ideas! How about search for Sasquatch, Nessie, or attempt to break into Area 51! Ok that last one might be uber dangerous
Wow, you’re quite adventurous, and you’re getting a lot of extra idea’s here. Keep us posted!
Thanks for visiting my TT.
That’s quite a list!
My big adventure goal has always been to ride in a hot air balloon. That is more than enough excitement for me.
For me the ultimate adventure is always to simply take a detour. It can be a tourist trap on the highway from Hole in the Rock in NM to Wall Drug in South Dakota. It can be a different street between work and home. It can be a new restaurant or a movie of the variety I would not normally watch. Anything, so long as it isn’t what I would normally do. It isn’t a list, it’s a lifestyle.
1~ go on a day trip to a nearby town you’ve never been to
2~ take part in a scavenger hunt
3~ spend the day at the beach!!!!
4~ do a 5K
5~ help out at a homeless shelter
6~ rent a plane/helicopter for the day
7~ go to a zoo/aquarium
8~ go camping
9~ go sky diving
10~ go on a day cruise
How about learn to cook something you’ve always wanted to, but were not brave enough to try?
No one said the adventures had to be adrenalin pumping, life threatening events, did they?
Was it only specifically adventure in the travel sense? I can’t see most people being able to take 20 trips in a year.
Here’s my ideas:
Try a new kind of cuisine in a local restaurant
Volunteer.
Learn a foreign language (so you can take that trip to a foreign country next year)
Travel off the beaten path:
Yucatan Pennisula in Mexico: Merida, Uxmal, Palenque.
I don’t think they’re lame at all! You didn’t steal bungee jumping from me, no way, uh uh. Skydiving? Love to. But NO WAY to the bungee
The one thing I will not do is jump out of or off of anything. I have been white water canoeing, though, and it was a blast–so was camping in the Black Hills. One thing I would love to do that I haven’t is go up in a hot air balloon.
Go fishing!!
I’m not quite as adventurous as you are, and there are many ‘adventurous’ things I wouldn’t do, but I love fishing, and who knows, maybe you’ll like it too! =)
Visit Niagra Falls and ride on the Queen of the Mist at the base of the falls. So pretty – fun – and it is a Wonder of the World!
I am in need of adventure myself, I love these suggestions
Thanks for checking out my TT!
Good luck for n? 7 !!
~ Time Square @ Midnight on New Years Eve
~ Learn a new language
~ Teach a new languare
~ Buy an article of clothing that fits the ‘secret’ you
~ Be an audience member on a popular T.V. Talk show
~ Go-Cart Race!! {doesn’t matter who wins}
~ Get a French ‘Noir’ manicure {nail white, tips black}
~ Give a fan-’tabulous’ Party…just because
*** I {luv} your list…
Two things that are adventuresome in my life have been 1) making my own snowshoes; 2) snowshoe running (not in the ones I made, which are the big old traditional ones…snowshoe running is best done on small metal ones).
Also, there can be adventure in trying out a new recipe, with an ingredient you’re unfamiliar with, like, um, lamb.
I have yet to swim with dolphins. That is my goal adventure
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Try a famous restaurant in a new city OR a new country! (Personal adventure goal, of course, lol!)
Nothing lame about any of those! Go for it/them!
I only have few for you Claudia…but it seems that you have many others provided to meet your goal of having 8 more
_ Take time to breathe! Yoga, meditation, walks…in what ever method works best for you.
_ Find a new favorite place in a nearby neighborhood – restaurant, park, coffee shop, book store…
_ Try a new plant/vegetable in your gargen this year and find a new way to use it