So, what’s a micro adventure? Now you don’t have to try and reenact ‘I’m no longer a celebrity, get me some publicity’, you don’t have to go into the jungle. Just do something different, something out of the ordinary, something outside your comfort zone. A micro adventure is described as being close to home, cheap, simple, short and very effective.
Within my work environment I’m often taking myself out of my comfort zone but personally, perhaps I don’t as much as I should. So, after the talk from Alistair I went bounding home suggesting to my family that we should go and camp on top of a hill one night, wash in a stream and then go to work and school the next day. What Alistair calls the ‘5-9 challenge’. Alastair explained that the concept is to finish your work at 5pm and be back at work for 9am the next morning having had a meaningful adventure in between.
Guess the response I received? You got it… less than enthusiastic!
In their defense it was 2 degrees outside at the time!
The question I really wanted to asked myself is am I in ‘soulless automaton’? I love this phrase from Christopher Keyes, which I picked up in the ‘Outside Magazine’ and an article about improving your life through micro adventures. It refers to the busy lives we all seem to lead. Think about your last few days; has it been a blur of family and work chores? Has it been functional… or has it been stimulating? Over the last 5 days can you remember any thing which has enriched you personally?
You may wonder why I’m writing about this… |