Adventure
ad·ven·ture
What does Adventure mean?
Stepping into the unknown with curiosity instead of fear. Adventure begins where your certainty ends.
Another way of seeing Adventure
Adventure is sold to us as plane tickets and mountaintops. But the word comes from the Latin for ‘what is about to happen’ — so adventure is available anywhere the ending isn't known. A new class, a hard conversation, a recipe you've never tried. The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is mostly the story you tell while you're in it.
Adventure in relationships
Long relationships need small adventures — new places, new questions, new experiences — to remind you there's still more to discover in each other.
Adventure in everyday life
Do one thing today whose ending you genuinely don't know. Walk an unfamiliar street, start an unexpected conversation, try something you might be bad at.
Carry this with you
Say yes to not knowing.
Did this word find you today?
Everyone connects with different words in different ways. How did this one land with you?