On Friday, February 6, my Adventure Club will hold its annual meeting. I'm telling you this because I want to encourage you to spend the next five days gathering some friends and some ideas and forming an adventure club of your own. My blog plan for the week is to help you get organized and give you a bunch of fresh ideas that will inspire you to try something new.
One thing to keep in mind when forming an adventure club is that what is an adventure to one woman might be bland or overwhelming to another. You may want to focus on outdoor sports while your friend wants to try yoga, cooking or car repair. If you keep an open mind, the possibilities for you and your friends are endless.
Afraid you'll be short on ideas? Check in throughout the week and especially on Friday when I'll have a Q&A with Gail Belsky author of "The List: 100 Ways to Shake Up Your Life."
Regarding my meeting at the end of the week, this is how it usually plays out:
The women of my group gather at my house at the beginning of each year to choose four official adventures and a few miscellaneous activities.
All of the club members will arrive with an appetizer or dessert to share -- there will be beverages as well -- and then we'll get down to business.
I maintain an ever-growing list of potential activities that I will print and distribute. If anyone has something new, we'll add that to the master list as well.
We'll open the floor to suggestions for 2009, write down all the ideas, take a vote and voila! A fun-filled year is planned.
The next step is to get volunteers to lead each activity. Frequently, a woman will offer to lead something that didn't make the final cut or a community service event that is near and dear to her heart and that's where the "miscellaneous" adventures come in.
Our plan isn't set in stone. You have to be flexible in this adventurous world and there are always interesting opportunities that pop up throughout the year but the annual meeting gets the club off to a great start.
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