{"id":8,"date":"2012-07-11T21:14:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T02:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.word-crafter.com\/lara\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T18:48:03","slug":"about-lara-krupicka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/staging\/6885\/about-lara-krupicka\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Reluctant Naturalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you find yourself often not setting foot outdoors except to go from house to car to errand and back? Do you struggle to find outside activities that interest you enough to overcome whatever weather or insect challenges accompany them? Or maybe you plan to get out of <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know spending time in nature is good for you in the same way that you know broccoli and kale are good for you. You\u2019d do it if it weren\u2019t so unappealing. Or if you had more time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel your pain. It\u2019s often hard for me to get past indoor inertia and the demands of my schedule to engage in the wide world outside my home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, my home is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, nature can be hot or cold, wet or snowy. It\u2019s often messy, sometimes daunting, and occasionally threatening. It\u2019s far from predictable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No wonder we tend toward spending most of our time indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s easy to think of nature as being the place for athletes, or animal lovers, or tree huggers. You need to be brave, bold, or have the impervious flesh of a buffalo to rough the hazards of the wild. If that\u2019s not you, then you\u2019re out of luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what if nature is meant to be enjoyed<\/strong> by all of us? What if you could find a way to not only survive forays into the world beyond your doorstep, what if that way allowed you to thrive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I believe all of us are meant to connect with and delight in the natural world. The methods and settings we do so might not always be obvious. But they are there, ready to be discovered and enjoyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hi there, I’m Lara.<\/h2>

The Reluctant Naturalist<\/p>

Call me a homebody, an indoor maven, a wimp-in-need-of-climate-controlled-comfort. Those would all be accurate. But I’m learning how to embrace time in the outdoors and find ways to experience the benefits of nature that suit my personality. <\/p>

Which makes me a Reluctant Naturalist<\/strong>. <\/p>

If, like me, you know fresh air and time in out in the open are good for you if you could just get it more often, then I hope you’ll stick around to learn along with me.<\/p>

I am an internationally published journalist and author who likes to dig into research to provide solid advice and recommendations. And I’m all about breaking the mold if that’s what it takes to be true to how God made me.<\/p>

I’m also a bucket list guru. I believe in living with intention and mapping a route to bonding experiences with family and friends alike. My\u00a0bucket list advice has been featured on a variety of sites, including\u00a0Today Moms<\/a> and Pink Pangea<\/a>. I am best known for my\u00a0Bucket List Life Manifesto<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>and my books\u00a0\u00a0Family Bucket Lists <\/em><\/a>and Bucket List Living For Moms<\/a><\/em>.<\/p><\/div>