Adventure is defined on Wikipedia as ‘an unusual or daring experience’ – this means that adventure is a totally subjective experience. An unusual experience for one person maybe an everyday occurrence to another. I spend a lot of time working on or around helicopters for example. To many, flying in a helicopter is an adventure, particularly if it were to drop them in the middle of the wilderness. To me, although I enjoy it and don’t take it for granted, I am usually looking after the safety of others on them. If this was an unusual experience for me, I would have to question whether I should be doing the job as it would indicate I hadn’t done much of this before. Traveling the underground in London, however, to me is an adventure. Many readers will probably laugh at this as it is quite possibly an incredibly mundane part of their day. I find it a sensory overload, so many people, squished up against you, people in your personal space, noise, smells. I meticulously plan my route of where I want to get to in case I get lost. I feel like a wild animal, trapped, desperately trying to keep the panic at bay. It is a world I did not grow up in and struggle to understand.

Every time you do something unusual or take a risk you are having an adventure, you could be in Tibet or in your everyday routine. I find this a great way to deal with problems that arise in everyday life. It allows me to have fun with the situation and to see the hurdle as a challenge or problem to solve and overcome.

So how do I embrace the inner adventurer?

Embrace every experience, be present in the moment. See each hardship as the adventure it is. Each challenging experience you overcome will make you stronger and build transferable skills. Have confidence that you and you alone can control how you interact and view the world around you.