DO YOU HAVE THE MID LIFE BLAHS??  

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DO YOU HAVE THE MID LIFE BLAHS? ARE YOU
THINKING - IS THAT ALL THERE IS?

If so I have some ideas and great suggestions to
help you find the fun, thrill and adventure in your
life. Life without adventure surely is like a day
without sunshine. If we always continue to draw
between the lines we miss some of life's spontaneous,
exciting and suprising moments. An adventure experience
no matter how big or small brings newness,fun and a
feeling of self confidence about life.

How about planning an adventure for you during this
year. It is quite wonderful to step outside of your
"comfort zone" and expand your view of the world.
Adventures bring with them the bonus of a new
perspective on life. Adventures will stretch your
imagination, increase your sense of wellbeing and
challenge your resources. The adventure
does not necessarily need to be extraordinary
nor does it need to be as intense as the
TV show "Survival." Adventures can easily
happen on a daily basis or perhaps just
once a year. The best part is that they
provide a chance to grow, a place to learn
and most of all you can have a great and
fun experience.

Adventures clearly are not age limited but only
limited by your own mind. Tamae Watanabe climbed
Mt Everest at 63 years old, Jenny Wood-Allen ran
the Londaon Marathon at 90 years
old, Fauja Singh ran the London Marathon at
93 years old with Adidas signing him up for their
"nothing is impossible campaign" and Anne Cleveland will
try, at 48 years old, to swim a double English Channel
(England-France-England) in August, 2004.

So here are some ideas both big and small. Start painting
outside of the lines. You may not be interested in
Mt Everest or the English Channel but there are a
lot of other adventurous opportunities.

Some Daily Adventures:
* Simply drive to work by a different route
* Call someone you have not talked to in 1 year
*Introduce yourself to a stranger
*Take a bubble bath in the middle of the day

Try a Weekly Adventure:
*Go to a foreign movie
*Go to a restaurant you are not familiar with
*Cook an ethnic meal
*Go away for the day by yourself-to anywhere

Perhaps a big once a year or lifetime adventure:
*Sea Kayaking in the Pacific Northwest
www.seakayaking.com
*Walking Tour of Scotland
www.thewayfarers.com
*Ice Climbing Women's Trips
www.chickswithpicks.net
*Women's Surf Camp
www.surflasolas.com
*Montana Cowgirl Adventure
www.adventurewomen.com

Plan an adventure today! Your next year
will be "juicy" and filled with fun. Please
let me know what happens, I always like to
hear the "rest of your story."

Suzanne Berg
"Life is Juicy"
Life coach/ LCSW psychotherapist
sudi@anaturalwoman.com
http://www.anaturalwoman.com
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