Loving the Adventure

Say YES! to a Life Without Limits!

Zan Z. Packard, M.A.

The Adventure Guru ™

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ABOUT ZAN

I’m known as the Adventure Guru ™, but that hasn't always been the case. Even though all my life I've been drawn to the excitement of adventure and discovery - the energetic high that living courageously brings to your life -  I found myself instead a workaholic woman, caring non-stop for family, home and a career that I loved but, never taking a moment for myself…always playing it safe, always waiting for the right time for me. (Sound familiar?)

I was so depleted by my focus on others that I began to lie awake at night just a bit pissed off at never having enough time for me – I was secretly crying: “What about ME? When’s it MY turn?”

Believe it or not, around that time I was blessed with a broken back – a situation that forced me to quit my job and recreate a new life. I knew I had to do a better job this time around. I wasn’t sure what I wanted; I only knew I didn’t want what I had. I felt trapped and stuck in a world that didn’t fit with the inner me; the adventurous me – a world that was safe and suffocating and predictable.

As I began the process of rebuilding my life, the word adventure kept coming to mind – it was something that was glaringly missing from my life….something that I always craved, but I just didn’t know how to create it anymore. You see, I had come to think of adventure as akin to climbing Mt. Everest and I certainly wasn’t ready to do that - baby steps were what I needed. So I decided to define adventure on my terms…I began a quest to find adventure in everything I do. I made adventure a priority and fit everything else in my life around it.

I have been actively living adventurously for almost 2 years….I expected fun and excitement, but I never expected the real benefits.

  v I’ve learned to lean into fear and never let it stop me again.

  v I’ve learned that fear isn't my enemy – when I am pushing my   

      limits I am more alive than I ever dreamed.

  v I’ve learned that life is rich with depth and commitment – I feel

      alive for the first time and I am thriving on every single, glorious   

      minute of it.

  v With fewer limitations, my world has expanded and I'm much more          willing to take risks (Not recklessly, but with a plan of action).

   v I've quit saying 'no' to new things and finally say YES! to life.

I am truly Loving the Adventure – won’t you join me? I’d love

to have someone like you along on the journey.