by jo | May 27, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
Want to know my secret? I plan to be adventurous and spontaneous. In fact, my whole life is in preparation to be able to make those spontaneous, adventurous moments possible. I stay in shape so that I can do fun active things at a moments (or days or weeks) notice. I...
by jo | May 20, 2014 | Everyday Stories
With the fires blazing in Southern California, I’ve been thinking about this question again: If the house were on fire, what would I grab? When I was younger and living at my parents house, the answer was the boxes of photos. But now that I live on my own, I...
by jo | May 13, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
I was in the famous Powell’s bookstore in Portland, spending over an hour browsing through their cards-and-quirky-things section when I pulled up one of the last cards that caught my eye, and it made me freeze. In the middle of Powell’s, I could see people meandering...
by jo | May 7, 2014 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health
Ask for what you need. That was a mantra repeated again and again at Onsite when I was there a year ago this week. Onsite is an intensive therapy workshop in Tennessee, and it was the setting for the most significant week of my life to date. I heard about it first...
by jo | May 1, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
If you would like to have an adventure, this is for you. 10 steps for Adventure(ing like a responsible adult) : 1. Decide to have an adventure. 2. Invite someone to join you — you can adventure by yourself, but it’s better to have an adventure partner lest...