I'm catching up. I'm not going to be traveling much any more. As I go through my adventure resume as well as the exercises on themes and values, I am trying to figure out ways to continue to honor my core values and explore the themes that attract me while staying much closer to home. I love that you say travel for you means "discovery, challenge, learning, surprise." For me it's about learning and discovery too, and about paying attention to what is around me, being present. As I am getting older and I have to pay attention to how I go up and down stairs or walk on the road so I don't trip or fall, and other things like that, I am coming to terms that I can't live without paying attention to my body and surroundings at home any more, the way I have for much of my life. I have also moved every decade up to now, and I do not want to do that any more. So I have to dive in more deeply to where I am rather than finding a new place to skim over lightly.
It’s great to see your needs and creative parameters changing. I do think our bodies become more of a priority as we age. Just makes things more interesting, right!?
I found an old planning notebook from The Grove consultants. They are all about visioning as part of goal setting, so I copied one of their templates for visioning your history. It asks about "Learning," as part of the template, so I added what I learned in each time and place. That turned out to be an interesting dimension. I just used stickies so I could move them around as needed.
It's fun seeing you adapting existing structures to new processes, Ellen. And using your compass of learning to explore your adventures. Sounds like you are having fun!
I love this idea! My adventure resume is definitely more impressive than my actual resume. I used to be really insecure about it, but the older I get, the more I see it as a both good fortune and a life well lived.
Yes! I love how you frame this, Sarah. It makes me think that our Adventure Resume is an accurate picture of how OUR good life is, not how others think a good life should be.
I'm catching up. I'm not going to be traveling much any more. As I go through my adventure resume as well as the exercises on themes and values, I am trying to figure out ways to continue to honor my core values and explore the themes that attract me while staying much closer to home. I love that you say travel for you means "discovery, challenge, learning, surprise." For me it's about learning and discovery too, and about paying attention to what is around me, being present. As I am getting older and I have to pay attention to how I go up and down stairs or walk on the road so I don't trip or fall, and other things like that, I am coming to terms that I can't live without paying attention to my body and surroundings at home any more, the way I have for much of my life. I have also moved every decade up to now, and I do not want to do that any more. So I have to dive in more deeply to where I am rather than finding a new place to skim over lightly.
It’s great to see your needs and creative parameters changing. I do think our bodies become more of a priority as we age. Just makes things more interesting, right!?
I found an old planning notebook from The Grove consultants. They are all about visioning as part of goal setting, so I copied one of their templates for visioning your history. It asks about "Learning," as part of the template, so I added what I learned in each time and place. That turned out to be an interesting dimension. I just used stickies so I could move them around as needed.
It's fun seeing you adapting existing structures to new processes, Ellen. And using your compass of learning to explore your adventures. Sounds like you are having fun!
I love this idea! My adventure resume is definitely more impressive than my actual resume. I used to be really insecure about it, but the older I get, the more I see it as a both good fortune and a life well lived.
Yes! I love how you frame this, Sarah. It makes me think that our Adventure Resume is an accurate picture of how OUR good life is, not how others think a good life should be.
It always comes down to knowledge, creativity and self-expression with me. Not much else.
It's good to have them winnowed down to a handful.
Such a cool exercise! Will come back here after I do it with some thoughts!
Glad you like it! It's quite fun and also revealing. Enjoy it!