Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter

And now for a break from our regularly scheduled programming…

I trudged home yesterday, after a full day of trivia and meetings, feeling drained, cranky and blah. Then, as I was flipping through a magazine, waiting for the bubbles to settle in my G&T, I saw the sentence, “And what wonderful adventures did you have today?” I look up – and out the window were my big, beautiful rose bushes, hummingbirds, and a clear blue New Mexico sky. Hmmm…those meetings were – well – meetings, but they were also with a long-time client, talking about new programs that could really make a difference for our state. And, I had a absolute killer commute of – um – about 10 minutes home from their office, with a gorgeous view of the volcanos and mountains all along the way. So, hey, whaddaya know! I had adventures!

We all too often take where we are and what we have for granted – even people that live in the great cities such as Paris, Rome, New York, or London. What’s an adventure to us is normal humdrum life to them. Traffic. Lunch. Grocery-shopping. Sure, they walk by wonders every day…but they do it every day…Then, these same people travel here to New Mexico to have – yep – adventures.

Adventures don’t have to be Indie Jones movie plots. Some of the smallest things can be adventurous, if we choose to see them as different, fun and energizing.

So, what adventures did you have today? What ya got planned for tomorrow?

Tags: perspective