{"id":2604,"date":"2016-11-03T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2016-11-03T12:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:18:03","slug":"everyday-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/staging\/6885\/2016\/11\/03\/everyday-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"November Bucket List Life Dare: The 31 Days of Everyday Adventure Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2610\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/larakrupicka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/November-2016-Bucket-List-Life-Dare.png?resize=281%2C421\" alt=\"november-2016-bucket-list-life-dare\" width=\"281\" height=\"421\" \/>This month I&#8217;m honored to team up with Shelly of <a href=\"https:\/\/thegoallist.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Goal List<\/a> in her month-long challenge: <a href=\"https:\/\/thegoallist.com\/31-days-of-everyday-adventure\/\" target=\"_blank\">31 Days of Everyday Adventure<\/a>. Shelly and I share a very similar outlook on bucket lists &#8211; that not every bucket list experience has to be over-the-top expensive or in some way monumental. Adventure comes in all shapes and sizes. To illustrate this and help others learn how to embrace adventure in multiple forms, Shelly&#8217;s challenge contains &#8220;31 Small Ways to Bring Adventure Into Every Day.&#8221; From complimenting a stranger, to learning a new dance move, to being a tourist in your home town, the options are all doable. For many of them you may find yourself nodding along and saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been wanting to do that for a while now.&#8221; Let this challenge be the kick in the pants you&#8217;ve been needing.<\/p>\n<p>Each week I&#8217;m going to share one thing I&#8217;ve done in response to the challenge. This week? &#8220;Write a gratitude list. Start dreaming by being thankful for what you already have.&#8221; It&#8217;s an appropriate start to the month during which we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the U.S. Here&#8217;s my list.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m grateful for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series (how could I not be, as a lifelong Cubs fan??).<\/li>\n<li>my husband who has put up with me for over twenty years now.<\/li>\n<li>my parents, who I&#8217;m lucky to get to visit with every week.<\/li>\n<li>my three girls, who are all fun and interesting in their own ways.<\/li>\n<li>a job I look forward to going to every week, with great co-workers.<\/li>\n<li>the community I live in, that often does live up to the name a customer service rep once mistook it for, &#8220;Neighborville.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>my writing coach and fellow parenting journalists, who all push me to take my writing to the next level.<\/li>\n<li>the women of the Redbud Writers Guild, who help keep me keeping on in my writing journey while not forgetting the God who enables me to write.<\/li>\n<li>Alex, the white schnozzle rescue dog who keeps me company when I&#8217;m home writing and makes us all laugh at least once a day.<\/li>\n<li>the ability to pursue my bucket list dreams and help my family find adventures that fit them and their personalities.<\/li>\n<li>the options and opportunities available to my kids in their education and extracurricular activities.<\/li>\n<li>the small group Bible study that meets in our home and the couples we&#8217;re getting to know through that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2605\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/larakrupicka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/31-Days-Dated-Logo-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"31-days-dated-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>I could continue on for a while. I have so much to be thankful for. How about you? Have you ever written a list of what you&#8217;re grateful for? If you haven&#8217;t, give it a try &#8211; you might be blown away. Or if that&#8217;s not your thing, sign up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/thegoallist.com\/31-days-of-everyday-adventure\/\" target=\"_blank\">31 Days of Everyday Adventure <\/a>challenge for daily prompts throughout November. You don&#8217;t have to do them all (although imagine how adventurous your life could be if you did!), but I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll find at least one way each week to step into adventure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"validate\"><strong><label for=\"mcd-email\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2511 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/larakrupicka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/FBL-Starters-Freebie-Updated-Cover-188x300.jpg?resize=188%2C300\" alt=\"FBL Starters Freebie Updated - Cover\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/>Receive the exclusive e-book <em>Family Bucket List Starters<\/em> when you sign up for my Adventures in Bucket List Living e-newsletter which delivers monthly tips &amp; inspiration for bringing your bucket list dreams to life.<\/label><\/strong><br \/>\n<input id=\"mce-EMAIL\" class=\"email\" name=\"EMAIL\" required=\"\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"email address\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups--><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\"><input name=\"b_bcf105670ae1db7bcc7d1bcb9_baeb81b40d\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><input id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Get My Free e-book!\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End mc_embed_signup--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month I&#8217;m honored to team up with Shelly of The Goal List in her month-long challenge: 31 Days of Everyday Adventure. 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