Life experiments.
The idea of life experiments can be credited to Allan Bacon, a man who was looking for more adventure in his everyday life. These experiments may have been as simple as visiting an art museum, but their impact resulted in him "working from home" in Paris with his family.
He too remembered a childhood full of adventure where you just went ahead and did something, rather than spend your time contemplating whether you were qualified or not?
Including these small "experiments" in his life contributed to a whole new attitude. When contemplating a career move he realized that all that was available to him were career inventories that focused on what he had done in past jobs.
To him this was, "...the equivalent of trying to decide whether I would like mango ice cream by analyzing my past food choices." How can we really know for sure without actually tasting mango ice cream?
How true this seems to be in life when we plan for our future based on our past. How do we know if we'd enjoy vacationing at a Dude Ranch if we've never tried it? How do we know what genre we might like if we've always read the same type of book? As we limit our possibilities we might be missing out on the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I think including our own "life experiments" in our daily life just might contribute to a more adventure.
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