How do you prepare for an adventure?

​Are you someone who need to make lists and plan for months before going on a trip or while working toward a dream?  Are you trying to be FULLY equipped and ready to take on EVERY possible challenge that MIGHT show up?  

If so, you might find yourself feeling stuck in the planning and packing and never go where you want to go and do what you want to do.   You might also feel that a paralyzing fear of not being ready or missing something or of the unknown.  
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Maybe you are someone who packs light and is ready to go at any time on the new adventure calling, the new shining thing/opportunity presenting itself.  You are curious and might be addicted to adrenaline or the excitement of the new beginning. 
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If so, you might get lost along the way,  finding the shiny new beginning not so shiny anymore and losing interest.  You might start wondering why you are going where you are going and doing what you are doing and then follow the next shiny opportunity which makes you spread yourself thin and forget about who you are and what you are about.  

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Or are you the kind of adventurer that regularly checks with your inner compass to see not only which journey is calling but to see which path is yours to step on?  You pack what you need as well as your gifts and talents because you know what they are. 


You know about the mystery, and the unknown and you also know that you are not alone, you have access to guidance and you always have your inner compass to refer to when you feel lost.
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So what kind of adventurer are you? 
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Personally, I am a little bit of all of them, I travel on the path, then I go on the side looking in, wondering if the path is right, doubting, feeling not enough. My fear of not being enough makes me take classes after classes to know more, to be better, it also makes me hold back and stay in my comfort zone.   It makes me not step fully on the path but walking very alertly and on the side of the path looking in.

I am also very attracted to anything shiny and glittery so I can get easily distracted.  But then, when I connect with my inner guidance, my fire gets awakened ,and I am back on the path trusting, witnessing the synchronicity, being grounded and open to new insights, new perspective,s and magic.  It feels pretty darn good there!

Honestly, knowing yourself is immensely helpful.  Knowing how you think, what stories are operating in the background that influence the decisions you make, the actions you take, and how you show up in the world is invaluable when living an intentional life.  

My next questions for you are:

Are you the adventurer you would like to be?
If not, what needs to change? 
What do you need to put in place to become that adventurer?