Wonder Quests

What Are Wonder Quests?

Life is going to be really boring if all we do is work for a paycheck and wait to die for the next 40+ years. Enter, Wonder Quests.

Wonder Quests are a mashup of a bucket list and personal experiments (a la The Happiness Project) to try to make life healthier, more fun or more interesting.

These experiments and quests can be any length of time. Some are bucket list items (like donating a kidney) and others are lifestyle changes, like doing Whole30 to adjust to my autoimmune disorder and see if I can improve my quality of life. Life is interesting, why not make a game of it?

What Are Wonder Quests?

Current Wonder Quest(s):

2019 Shopping Ban - Quitting Shopping For One Year/Using Up What I Have

Future Wonder Quests

Travel

SWIM WITH MANATEES IN THE OCEAN

Manatees are amazing. Boop.

FIND MY RELATIVES IN QUEBEC, CANADA

Reconnect with relatives that might be in Quebec?

MARCH IN A PARADE IN NEW ORLEANS

Collect all the beads, drink nothing but Grasshoppers and Sazeracs.

EAT MICKEY RAMEN AT TOKYO DISNEY

The egg has a Mickey in it. ‘Nuff said. Omnomnomnom

LEAVE A COIN AND MEDITATE AT THE TEMPLES OF KYOTO

Churches, shrines and temples are some of my favorite places to visit. Though I’m not religious, visiting a temple is a mindful moment when playing tourist.

WITNESS THE GLOW OF AURORA BOREALIS

Witness the Northern Lights and, of course, spend way too much time trying to capture it on camera.

CRUISE UP TO ALASKA

Get my sea legs and head up to the great northern expanse. Maybe see a moose. Or two.

STAY IN A WATER BUNGALOW

Bora Bora? Elsewhere? I just want crystal blue waters and an unforgettable night over them.

DRIVE THE ENTIRE ROUTE 66

Drive whatever remains of the old Route, and take the Grand Canyon detour.

Feel Goods

DONATE BONE MARROW

I’ve already signed up at BeTheMatch.org, now I wait for my match.

TRY VEGANISM FOR 30 DAYS

Being vegan in Texas, what would that be like?

Completed Wonder Quests:

KISS AT THE EIFFEL TOWER

DONE! February 2018

COMPLETE WHOLE30

DONE! July 2018

DONATE A KIDNEY

DONE! May 2019

What Are Wonder Quests?

Current Wonder Quest(s):

2019 Shopping Ban - Quitting Shopping For One Year/Using Up What I Have

Future Wonder Quests

Travel

SWIM WITH MANATEES IN THE OCEAN

Manatees are amazing. Boop.

FIND MY RELATIVES IN QUEBEC, CANADA

Reconnect with relatives that might be in Quebec?

MARCH IN A PARADE IN NEW ORLEANS

Collect all the beads, drink nothing but Grasshoppers and Sazeracs.

EAT MICKEY RAMEN AT TOKYO DISNEY

The egg has a Mickey in it. ‘Nuff said. Omnomnomnom

LEAVE A COIN AND MEDITATE AT THE TEMPLES OF KYOTO

Churches, shrines and temples are some of my favorite places to visit. Though I’m not religious, visiting a temple is a mindful moment when playing tourist.

WITNESS THE GLOW OF AURORA BOREALIS

Witness the Northern Lights and, of course, spend way too much time trying to capture it on camera.

CRUISE UP TO ALASKA

Get my sea legs and head up to the great northern expanse. Maybe see a moose. Or two.

STAY IN A WATER BUNGALOW

Bora Bora? Elsewhere? I just want crystal blue waters and an unforgettable night over them.

DRIVE THE ENTIRE ROUTE 66

Drive whatever remains of the old Route, and take the Grand Canyon detour.

Feel Goods

DONATE BONE MARROW

I’ve already signed up at BeTheMatch.org, now I wait for my match.

TRY VEGANISM FOR 30 DAYS

Being vegan in Texas, what would that be like?

Completed Wonder Quests:

KISS AT THE EIFFEL TOWER

DONE! February 2018

COMPLETE WHOLE30

DONE! July 2018

DONATE A KIDNEY

DONE! May 2019

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