The understanding of adventure is almost completely subjective to the individual with only a few known truths.
I believe what we all can agree upon is that an adventure has to be an event or occasion a person has never experienced before and he or she learns a lesson from. That person could either find out that a life of adventure is so amazing they wonder, “Why haven’t I been doing this all along”, or they think, “What was I thinking? What was going through my mind when I decided to do that?”
The subjective part of adventure is where the definition of adventure differs from others. No two people are the same; therefore we all have had different experiences and routines in life. For some of us, we have lived in Georgia our entire lives. So climbing Stone Mountain or watching the Giant Peach Drop every New Year’s is not a big deal. But for those who came here from a different state would find that event out of the ordinary and going down to Atlanta to watch it occur would be an adventure.
There is a certain way a person should feel when on an adventure. It will be unpredictable and you will not be fully prepared for what might come next. As a result, you will feel anxiety and an adrenaline rush. This could either be a good or bad thing, depending on the nerve of the person.
There are a lot of risks in an adventure. If you are purposely finding something to do that will get your heart pumping then, most likely, there will be that element of danger. As some of my fellow classmates suggested, they would like to go cave diving. Adventure, yes. Safe, probably not. Therefore, I believe that adventures should be planned out ahead of time and completed with someone who has had experience; otherwise, it is more being reckless than having an adventure.
A person should go through with an adventure and learn something valuable from it. The purpose of an adventure is not only to experience something new but to learn life lessons. It should build character and integrity. Your morals and your willingness to live life to its fullest should enhance. If not, your “adventure” was very original or “out of the box”. You should, in general, profit from your experience, not be hurt from it.
An adventure is only an adventure the first time you do it. After that, you know what is expected and you probably won’t learn anything new from it. Just like when college started. Most of us didn’t know where to go, who our teacher and classmates were going to be, what we would learn and get out of the class. It was all unknown. But as the days go by, who know where to be and when to be there, hopefully, we have all been acquainted with one another, and we have been over the syllabus and jus the general plan of the semester to the point of nausea. Since it is school, we are learning something new every day but that is what is expected and we know ahead of time what we are going to be doing that day.
This purely what I believe and have learned from the past. If anyone disagrees or wants to bring something to my attention feel free to comment.
