Comments on: Tranquility by Tuesday: Big adventures and little adventures https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/ Writer, Author, Speaker Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:04:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: The Life-Changing Magic of Planning Your Week – Tidy Upgrade, LLC https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/#comment-499992 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:04:35 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17391#comment-499992 […] her book Tranquility by Tuesday, Laura recommends making a list of big adventures and a list of small adventures that you would enjoy doing to refer to during your planning. She suggests planning one big […]

]]> By: A Special Wednesday Visit from Laura Vanderkam – ELISABETH FROST https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/#comment-430829 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:04:22 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17391#comment-430829 […] just as I don’t have a favorite child. But I have probably become most evangelical about the “One big adventure, one little adventure” rule. In adulthood, much of life becomes the same day to day. While routines are great — they […]

]]> By: Ashley G. https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/#comment-92321 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:02:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17391#comment-92321 I love this! When I work towards bigger goals, a lot of the day to day feels like a drudge because I’m doing the same thing every day. It’s very easy for time to pass with seemingly nothing to show for your time and effort (except that you feel tired at the end of every day). I’m going to start looking for both big and little adventures to include in my weeks.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/#comment-91463 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:56:39 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17391#comment-91463 In reply to Alexicographer.

@Alexicographer – even if it is routinized, there are probably enough variations with some of these experiences that they still count as new and novel. In any case, they are different from day to day office life!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/#comment-91462 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:55:39 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17391#comment-91462 In reply to Annemieke.

@Annemieke- they really can! Just something different can make a big difference.

]]> By: Alexicographer https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/#comment-91372 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:11:27 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17391#comment-91372 Good advice. Over the years, some of our adventures, both large & small, have become routinized. For example, I go ride a horse twice a week on predictable days. On the one hand, clearly it’s great and I’m very lucky to incorporate this into my regular schedule, and I do look forward to it. On the other hand, having it routinized does diminish from its specialness (also, this is a “me” adventure not an “us” adventure — but I don’t think that disqualifies it?). On the “big adventure” front, we also go as a family on a ~10-day “camping” (in a camper) trip starting Boxing Day and concluding on the day when we felt like we needed to get back to be ready for the resumption of the school year, to 1 of about 4 coastal state parks. Now, there is variation in this (weather varies — thank you, camper, for making this reality tolerable!), the park varies, several of the parks have been badly hit (and thus changed) by hurricanes over the years, and we usually do an couple of nights at a different park en-route there and/or en-route back, and vary those parks. We enjoy these trips and the familiarity has advantages and pleasant aspects, but it does make the experience less “novel.”

]]> By: Annemieke https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/#comment-91369 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:31:27 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17391#comment-91369 Thank you for this ‘mantra’. This is defenitely something I will try out the next weeks. It’s easy to forget that small adventures can brighten up an ordinary/boring day.

]]> By: Mary Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/10/tranquility-by-tuesday-big-adventures-and-little-adventures/#comment-91365 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:19:18 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17391#comment-91365 Good advice for retirees too, Laura!

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