Being spontaneous and having adventures...

On Thursday, November 13, we surrendered to a Spontaneous Adventure.

We drove up north, past Payson, to see the aurora after learning you could see the colorful effects of the recent solar storms further north in Arizona. The articles agreed that the best viewing times would be between 9 pm and 1 am.

After grabbing our jackets and a bottle of water, we left the house around 9 pm and hit the road. And dark and winding roads they were as we drove up the Beeline highway through the mountains.

The experience was a bit scary yet exciting.

The night was clear and dark.

Not neighborhood-streets-dark, but out in the country or wilderness dark.

You could barely make out the shapes of trees, mountains, and whatever else lined the road.

We agreed to revisit the areas we drove through so we could enjoy the landscapes during the day.

The darkness heightened the unknown.

You couldn’t tell what was around the bend or how high you were climbing in the mountains.

Then the rollercoaster effect of the downhill ride on dark, curving roads was quite the experience. 

Mentally, I kept telling animals to stay off the highway after what looked like a wolf ran out in front of the car ahead of us. It made it safely across, thankfully! So did we.

Around 10:30 pm, we pulled off the road just south of Payson. We got out of the car, eager to see the elusive aurora.

A beautiful star-filled sky greeted us, without the special color effects of the solar storm.

We waited for a while, then got back in the car and pressed on past Payson.

Eventually, we found a spot to pull over and stood close to our car. It was safer than risking falling into a ravine or worse, since we couldn’t see much off the side of the road without using flashlights and ruining our night vision.

It was cold, dark, and quiet, except for the occasional vehicle rumbling past.

The sky was astonishing in the detailed display of the Milky Way.

We forgot that you could see the Milky Way so clearly without a telescope. That sight alone was worth the trip. (The sky looked like this picture...)

 

Bonus… we each saw shooting stars.

Way cool!

 

If not for the dangerous bit of parking on the side of a dark but traveled highway, I think we may have sky-gazed for hours. It was exhilarating.

Alas, we were not blessed with the aurora's magical glow. Still, it was worth it. I’m grateful that my husband suggested we do this.

Want in on a little secret?

We almost didn’t go.

Why?

Well, because I felt bone-tired and had been dealing with a “face-hugger”, my word for an intense sinus headache, all day.

Honestly, when Steve proposed the excursion, my immediate reaction was to say no. He would have understood, although he would have been disappointed.

Initially, I said “No. Maybe tomorrow.”

And a small voice inside said, “Stop letting possibilities for joy pass by because you aren’t feeling great. It may improve how you feel.”

So even though I felt like crap, I said yes to the adventure of seeking the aurora and the 5+ hour car ride it entailed.

And I am so effing glad I listened to the small voice inside.

It made me feel so alive.

More, please, and thank you!

How about you?

Do you shut down possibilities because you’re not in the mood or not feeling great?

What if welcoming the possibility shifts your mood and attitude, which may improve how you feel?

This exercise in spontaneity is part of our self-reclamation process this year.

Over the years, we got a bit stuck in our comfort zones and morphed into creatures of habit.

It didn’t happen overnight.

It was so gradual that we didn’t notice it happening.

Until one day you realize something is missing.

Can you relate to this?

Steve and I are both free spirits and love to explore.

Yet, we stopped venturing out on a whim, like our younger selves did.

Honestly, I don’t know when we stopped being spontaneous. Only that it happened, and a vital part of who we were got temporarily lost.

This 9-vibration year made us question what is really important to us now.

And it turns out that having adventures for the sake of the adventure, with no agenda, is incredibly important to our well-being and vitality.

With that in mind, we are playing with being in the moment more and escaping our comfort zones and habitual activities.  

The bonus, aside from feeling more alive in whatever adventure we embark on, is that we will be building new neural pathways in our brains and having fun doing so.

Win-win.

How about you?

• Are you spontaneous?
• Do you allow yourself to do things on a whim?
• Do you enjoy living in the moment, seizing the day?
• Or have you also noticed you got stuck in a well-worn groove?

Perhaps it is time for a change… or an adventure!

 

I invite you to allow more spontaneity in your life and instead of doing the things you always do, choose something different.

Maybe try a new place to eat, take a different route to work, or order something you haven’t eaten before.

And maybe, let your inner kid choose something fun for you to do.

Please let me know if you do!

One benefit of doing something different is that it changes your perspective and opens up other possibilities for you…

... which ties in nicely to November’s numerology and the energy of the number 2. You can read more about that here.

 

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With love and appreciation,