Life through an Adventure Lens

 
 I believe there's a time and a season for everything and after  our season of  travel nursing career,  I felt like our adventurous life was over.  Settling down took some time to get use to.  And after we bought our home I really felt like our adventures came to a screeching halt. But in recent days I've come to the realization that adventure can be found in every day life.  Life is an adventure, it's what you make it to be.  I've learned that if I will look at everyday activities through an adventure lens,
 then my perspective changes and simple everyday task can become an adventure.
  So what is adventure??  Google defines adventure as follows:

ad·ven·ture

adˈven(t)SHər,ədˈven(t)SHər/

noun

noun: adventure; plural noun: adventures

1. 1.

   an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity.

   
   

   "her recent adventures in Italy"

   
   

   synonyms:

   exploit, escapade, deed, feat, experience "her recent adventures in Italy"

   • daring and exciting activity calling for enterprise and enthusiasm.

     
     

     "she traveled the world in search of adventure"

     
     

     synonyms:

     excitement, thrill, stimulation; More

   • archaic

     a commercial speculation.

   
   

So when I look at this I see that adventure can be ANY activity we do.  To turn it into a real adventure though  you have to do it with ENTHUSIASM  and EXCITEMENT.  Imagine if we treated everyday activities with excitement, especially those chores or activities that we dread.  It basically comes down to how we look at things.  And for me, over the last several  months I have learned to look at all activities through my adventure lens.

    This summer I was kinda thrust into a public job, something I have not done since I was pregnant with my first child.  I was getting up at 5:30 everyday and not getting home until 5 or 6 at night.  And if you know me you know I love my sleep.  Instead of dreading and dragging through the experience I learned to look at it through an adventure lens.  I used the time to learn more about myself, to learn my strengths and weaknesses,  to learn more about those in my life, learn how to handle relationships when I had limited amount of time to give, learn how to juggle life and prioritize  important things  but most importantly I learned that I can do anything I put my mind and body to.  At the end of a lot of days I felt like a failure, but I used the criticism and disappointments  as a tool to grow and do better next time.

    With all the perspective  and inspiration I've had recently I've decided to start blogging again in hopes to encourage my readers to look at THEIR life through THEIR adventure lens.   Remember,  life is all about YOUR outlook.  Try to find the happy each day, look at it as if it's an adventure and grow from what you learn.  You and I will be better for it tomorrow. 

   
  Here are some of the adventures you will be reading about on my upcoming blog posts,  adventures in raising teenagers, adventures in being a dog mom, adventures in having an Etsy store and crafting, adventures in camping, hiking, running and fitness,  adventures in being a wife, a homeschooling mom, adventures with girlfriends,  and adventures in travel.  Our family still finds the time and budgets to travel our great county in pursuit to explore and experience new things together.  As my children grow older I see the importance of spending as much adventurous time I can with them.  But that's another blog post for another day.