The goal: To stretch and grow, as well as to look forward, instead of behind. So each month, I plan three adventures:
A New Food: As in 2014, the 'something new' has to be a truly new type of action for me; for instance, the new food has to be a new fruit or vegetable that I have never eaten before. I’m vegetarian, so there will be no eating of bizarre insects, thank you. But I am prepared for my taste buds to be disgusted, bored, or enthralled.
A New Activity or Place: These have to involve a little effort or courage. A new movie, concert, or a new restaurant does not count. It has to be a new type of music in a new concert hall, a new city, a new type of art class. Btw, hot-air ballooning is still on the list.
A New Volunteer Effort. This will be something I haven't done before, and each month will be different. Potentially I could mix all three up, say by volunteering to be a taster at a durian pie-making contest at a world's fair, but my goal for the volunteer effort is to help people and the planet, so the likelihood is that each month will have three different adventures. We shall see.
Famous quote to go with this: “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” G. K. Chesterton.