Is an Adventurous Attitude a result from one's environment or a genetic trait? Is the reason I am the way I am because there’s such a thing as an Adventure gene, or because I was raised in a way that promoted my potential for adventurous thinking? My...
Ben (@Ben_bernal) the artist, was so gentle and kind. He made sure I was happy with the size, style and placement before doing any work. He treated me as if I were one of his biggest clients, even though I got probably the easiest and smallest ones he's done in a long...
Rain poured through the tent, soaking everything at the edges, including the bottom of my sleeping bag. There was no air mattress for me that night, so I laid on the hard ground. And a nearby camp played their thumping music loud into the wee hours of the...
Ever thought about what lights your fire? Mina Lebitz, a woman I met briefly last year at a weekend art/camping event called Figment Alpha, definitely has thought about what sparks her desires. When I met her last year, she was offering a workshop to create your own...
How to go from ex in-law to out-law after the divorce
“For all the times you reached out to help me, now that I’m better, I want to help you.” This is what my friend Karen told me about how she started volunteering with the NOCC (National Ovarian Cancer Coalition). Not all adventures are big, or dangerous, or even...
Why would you consider 'follow your passion' bad advice? After all, don’t all the gurus say that “if you do what you love, you never work a day in your life”? What if you don’t have a passion to follow? Or what if you have one, and by following it...
Author Beth Liebling [Note from Stacey] [Note from Stacey: When I met Beth I was fascinated to learn she had once been a lawyer in Texas, and through her life's adventures, is now running a successful "relationship/romance" boutique with a goal to help educate and...
What is a key element to make Adventure a fun part of your every day? Play! Kara and I first met at a Burning Man Global Leader conference in San Francisco. We were both hanging out in between seminars. I saw her name tag with her company name –...