Day 30

Day 30  Adventure Bucket List

March 28 2011

I began reading this book recently, A Four Hour Work Week, which begins to shift our perspective of wealth and happiness.  Is working 40 hours a week, with a two week vacation, and hopes for a retirement worth it?  Versus working less and taking mini retirements throughout your life. In that Timothy Ferriss writes “the opposite of love is indifference, the opposite of happiness is-here’s the clincher-boredom.”  That is what my life has been lately, boring.  I make a decent amount of money, but my body feels burned out.  My weekends are filled with errands.  When we go on vacation, we plan for these crazy things that we may not do in our normal lives. This includes such things as get a tattoo, piercing, bungee jump, skydive, scuba dive, or travel with random strangers you meet along your way.  

Ferriss encourages you to set goals in shorter time frames which push your boundaries.  I realize I set realistic goals, which generally are achieveable.  But when did I stop dreaming big? I had this realization the other day when reading this book.   What am I waiting for?  I am vowing to do at least one adventure once a month while here in Hawaii.  I told my friend Pam about this and she was in agreement to do her own modification of this.

Here is my list so far…

Sky Dive

Cliff Jump

Open water swim competition

Indoor Rock Climbing

Riding a moped/vespa

Zipline

Swim with dolphins

Learn to play ukulele

Booze cruise

Some of these I have done before, but only once (booze cruise, indoor rock climb).  Many of these are all new experiences.  Why should I wait for the perfect time to do this or when I am on vacation?   With it being late March, and the weekend will be April already, I realize I may not get a chance to complete an adventure for March.  Possibly April will be doubled up.  The realistic thought of this is that many of our goals do not cost a ton when spaced out. 

What would your adventure list entail?