“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.” ~William Feather I live for exploring the world, trying new things, and meeting passionate people. As a filmmaker I’m very fortunate to be able to do all these things from time to time, and I just love it! However, this is only a small part of my work. I also often find myself stuck in front of a computer for weeks at a time editing—no nature, no people, no exploring. Just me and a computer. It’s easy to get bogged down by all the day-to-day pressures and get stuck in a continuous cycle of work and life commitments. However, having new experiences and pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone on a daily basis is essential for growth, balance, and happiness. When I’m itching for adventure and have been stuck in front of the computer for a few weeks or months I find myself looking at Facebook, Instagram, and all the social media sites in an attempt to tame my craving for exploration. But this never works. Instead, I just see people going away on incredible adventures abroad, having the time of their lives, while I’m in the office working away on the computer, wishing I could join them. This just puts me in a slump, as I know I have so much work to do that I’ll have no time to go abroad for a week or two and explore. I then heard about microadventures from a guy called Alastair Humphreys, an adventurer, author, and motivational speaker. He encourages people to go outside, get out of their comfort zone, and live life to their full potential. A microadventure is close to home, overnight or a couple of days, cheap, simple, and most importantly a lot of fun! Not having had the chance to go away for a while I decided to give it a go and attempt my own microadventure over a weekend. I called my good friend Zak, who lives in a van, and asked if he’d be keen to go on and adventure with me—and he was! A week and a bit later we found ourselves heading to the North of Devon for our microadventure. We went swimming in freezing cold water holes, cooked dinner on the fire, explored the coastline, found new townships, played football on the beach, made new friends, and went sand dunning. It was insanely fun and it fulfilled a lot of my cravings for adventure, while still only being a few hours away from my apartment. After having such a rewarding experience with my own microadventure I decided to put together my top tips for anybody who, like me, craves adventure but doesn’t always have the time to go overseas. So here they are, my top ten microadventure tips: 1. Go somewhere you’ve never been before but close to home. Many avid travelers have been all over the world but often [...]