Brian Walch explains how calling things "adventure" rewires your brain to find excitement in ordinary moments. A Costco run becomes an expedition. He grew up in Alaska, where the word stuck, and suggests finding your own reframing phrase to shift how you experience daily life.
What's one word that connotates positive emotions and positive energy for you? For me, that word is adventure. I don't know if it's because I grew up in Alaska, where I still live, as you can see. But anytime I call something an adventure, it changes everything. Heck, it can be a trip to Costco all of a sudden. That errand is now full of intrigue and excitement. What? When we go on family vacations, I call those adventures because I think it's going to open us up to a lot of new possibilities and just be able to weather any of the storms that might come. So recasting something as an adventure changes my perspective completely. Maybe there's some word or a group of words that you have that you can use that all of a sudden help you have more positive emotions and positive energy about something that maybe isn't that exciting or isn't that interesting in its own right. Recasting things is a powerful technique, and I hope that today it might help you in some small way. This whole video series is a big adventure for me, and I'm having fun. I hope you are, too, and I appreciate you watching. See you soon.
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