Mindset Featured The Freedom of Ready Options There was a time when I loved my “to-do” lists. Making a list of all the things, doing them, checking them off can provide a great sense of accomplishment! But to-do lists can also provide a lot of stress and anxiety - at least for me. There are often so
Mindset The Possibility of A Well-Stocked Larder I love making things! For me, making provides an opportunity for so many things that I value. Making lets me focus on something challenging and experience a state of flow. Making provides an opportunity for me to exercise my skills and deepen my mastery. And making lets me feel long-lasting
Trips Top Adventures of 2021 It's hard to capture the essence of adventure. So as we dream and plan our 2022 adventures, we thought we'd look back at our top 20 adventures of 2021 to get us in the mood and try to explain what adventure means to us. What were
Mindset The Cadence of Adventure How do you know when it's time for an adventure? I think it depends on the purpose of adventure in your life. For me, adventure is a balance to the other things in my life - my work, my making, my learning, and my responsibilities. For me, adventure
Mindset Finding Yourself Through Adventure It's cold and dark. It's raining. I'm standing in a puddle of mud cooking dinner at 9 pm. I just drove down a dirt road. A long dirt road, not quite able to tell what awaited me if I should happen to get too
Mindset How We Plan Our Adventures Val and I have recently been planning a big 2-week road trip so we thought it would be a good time to discuss our approach for adventure planning. We hope sharing our wisdom inspires you to start planning your next adventure. Road trips have been a classic form of adventure
Mindset Featured Why We Adventure What does adventure look like? We’re about to kayak across a lake surrounded by tall granite mountains carved by ancient glaciers. We already kayaked 2 miles across the lake earlier in the morning across glassy water reflecting the peaks and trees on the water’s surface. We left our
