In Pursuit of Adventure

I’m only 20 years old, and I need more adventure in my life. I think that I probably put too much focus on things like work and school that I forget that I’m barely an adult and am by no means an old lady confined to her rocker. My friends and I have the same problem: we’re growing up too fast! I want a to have a little more excitement in my life. And by excitement I don’t mean getting wasted and doing things I either won’t remember or will regret the next day. I think that at my age people consider parties the only way to have fun. I want to do things that go against that standard that’s been sadly created for my age group.

 

So, I started to brainstorm about fun, adventurous things I could do, and I decided that the best things to do for fun are the things that you truly and deeply want to do. What are the things I’ve always wanted to try? I could probably name hundreds of thousands of things, some of which sit on my list of “things I want to do before I die.” So, why aren’t I doing those things now? You might think, “Sure, but you have your whole life ahead of you,” but do I really? I don’t know what life will have in store for me later. Maybe I’ll have a new list of things to accomplish, or maybe I won’t be able to do all the things on my list because I ran out of time. I don’t want to run out of time. Therefore, I need to start NOW. No more excuses; just living for right now; and doing things that I WANT TO DO.

 

They don’t have to be extravagant either. I mean, some of the things on my list to do don’t seem overly exciting. I’ve always been curious about sushi (and I mean the raw kind), so I decided that I needed to try some, and you know, it wasn’t so terrible. I want to ride a motorcycle—trying to make that one happen currently. I want to go white water rafting (and will hopefully go this summer!). Of course, I also want to go to Ireland, and I always have (this might take a while longer to accomplish seeing as I need the funds first!). I could name off more things, but I won’t tire you with those. And you know, I don’t think I know half of the things I want to do. I’m pretty sure that they’ll just sort of pop up and I’ll be like “Yeah! I want to do that!”

I haven't quite decided the route I'm going to take, or what I'm going to do for adventure next. But it's going to start now, that's for sure. I'm going to start enjoying life more and experiencing things that I should be experiencing. I might make a fool out of myself in some cases, but I'm alright with that. Being foolish can be an adventure in itself.

Some quotes to remember:

 

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing” ~ Dale Carnegie

 

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

 

“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes