Some people hear the word “adventure” and think of wild animals, dense jungles, foreign languages in foreign markets. Others think of big cities, crowds of people, interesting discoveries around every corner.

Adventure can be outward, exploring the world around us. But it can also be inward, exploring our inner selves.

Exploring ourselves can actually be the bigger adventure. And a scarier one.

Cliched as it may sound, life is truly the original “Choose Your Own Adventure” experience. Whether you are completely familiar with traipsing all over the planet, or just getting your first passport, or if you’re choosing to explore the wilderness of your inner being, your journey will be filled with excitement, tears, awe, fear, and most of all, profound change.

It starts with one step.

Let’s embrace adventure, both inner and outer.