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15 Ways To Be Your Own Adventure

"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." — Henry David Thoreau

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15 Ways To Be Your Own Adventure
Nina Saluga

With the semester winding down and summer approaching quickly, we're all grappling to fill our lives with a little more adventure. Here are 15 ways to be your own adventure in the following months ahead, or even right now.

1. Go on a hike someplace undiscovered by yourself.

Nothing makes you feel more independent, rejuvenated and daring than discovering the natural world around you for yourself.

2. Spend an entire Friday night in by yourself, reading something new.

Because when was the last time you sat down and actually read an entire novel in one night for fun?

3. Start keeping a journal.

Future you will thank you later.

4. Try a new restaurant by yourself.

Sometimes there's nothing more liberating than eating alone and being comfortable doing it.

5. Take a yoga, dance or exercise class on your own.

Use your vitality and energy to dominate at Zumba, yoga or spin.

6. Watch a foreign film.

Even if you can't understand it, that's what subtitles are for. It's romantic to think that you could enjoy something like this all by your lonesome.

7. Start a blog.

Do it for the 'gram, or do it just for you. Whatever you do, just do it.

8. Take up a new hobby: scrapbooking, white water rafting, coding, knitting?

It's never too late to teach yourself something new.

9. Start a photo album.

Fill it with selfies, pictures with your significant other and fun memories with your friends to remind yourself that it's just a bad day, not a bad life.

10. Write a short story.

Nothing is more freeing than losing yourself in a world you've created all on your own.

11. Make a vision board.

To keep your dreams in sync with your current reality.

12. Discover a new band or artist you've never heard of.

It is never too late nor too soon for new music and oftentimes these artists take us on journeys of our own.

13. Pamper yourself.

Stay in and buy a fluffy robe, some trashy magazines and some Ben & Jerry's and then treat yourself to a manicure or pedicure.

14. Go on a late-night drive alone with only the company of the new band/artist in number 12.

Find your own corner of the world to indulge in.

15. Wear something daring and wear it proudly.

Because ultimately, you are your own adventure.


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