“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” G.K. Chesterton

 

What kind of adventures can you squeeze into a weeknight? As it turns out you can easily add adventure to your life in the after-work hours! Think about it- you’ve got 5 hours to get yourself into an adventure. If you plan accordingly the night or few days before you can have yourself an exhilarating microadventure! What better way to spice up your week and escape the mind-numbing grind of the 8-5 than to pack up for a small adventure? 

 

My mom shared a book with me a while back called Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes by Alastair Humphreys. This book came at a perfect time for me. I was disillusioned with the long hours I was putting into the office and the city that I was in. I looked outside and thought there was nothing out there that interested me or at least nothing within reach since I had limited time in the evenings. Humphrey’s book pulled me out of the doldrums. His encouragement to jump into simple “microadventures” will free your mind to explore something as simple as your back yard in a way you never have before. His microadventure ideas require minimal planning and time, but yield the same freeing and adrenaline-filled experiences of a full blown weekend adventure. 

 

Tonight is the summer solstice AND the strawberry full moon. This only happens once every 50 years AND IT”S HAPPENING TONIGHT! I’m dead tired, have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow for a full day of work, and I’m headed out to explore it. I know enough to know that my soul needs this and that at the end of the day I’ll be happy that I embarked on this microadventure.

 

Below is a picture of the strawberry moon. It’s not the most spectacular thing I’ve ever seen, to be honest, but it was a wonderful feeling to explore and know that I didn’t miss it.