You are an adventurer. You know that, right? If you are a parent, then you signed up for a life of thrills and chills, unexpected turns of events, situations that test your wit and courage, and unparalleled moments of joy. Don’t miss the adventure of life with kids.
Because every day is an opportunity to move closer to your dreams.
But if the only adventures you are experiencing with your kids right now are the ones that involve charting the fastest course between the swim meet on one side of town to the baseball game on the other, or negotiating a trip to the grocery store without someone melting down, be encouraged. There can be more to the adventure of being a parent.
And if your family’s adventures are relegated to the three months of summer, or the two weeks you spend away on vacation, take heart. The adventure can be lived all year round.
It just takes some courage. And commitment. The courage to admit that you want more for the 18 years you have with each of your kids. The courage to admit you’re not always sure what you’re doing or where you’re going. And the commitment to make a change.
I wrote the Bucket List Life Manifesto you see here in honor of the families I know who live out adventures in their lives. And I wrote it to celebrate my e-book Family Bucket Lists: Bring More Fun, Adventure & Camaraderie Into Every Day, which launches today on Amazon and Barnes & Noble today in Kindle and Nook formats. Because it is not easy to live out the best adventure with our kids. It’s so much easier to get caught up in the frenzy of modern life. But I want more for families. I want the life exemplified in this manifesto.
Family Bucket Lists helps parents and kids brainstorm what that life will look like for them. It provides a guide – through questions that make you and your kids think about what makes you tick, what fuels your passions, and what you’ve wanted to do but forgot about. And it offers tips for integrating a life of adventure into the everyday world of ordinary family life so that you can be moving toward your dreams one step at a time each and every day.
I hope you’ll adopt the Bucket List Life Manifesto for yourself and your family. And I hope you’ll take the first step today toward living it out by buying a copy of Family Bucket Lists – in pdf, Kindle, or Nook (and coming in print August 2013). If you do – send me a copy of your receipt and I’ll get you the free family questions printable.
