Notes from the Journey

Aren’t lists grand? Glance at them and go, print them out to keep on hand, or just bookmark them for later. After compiling our free Do Something Awesome List of 21 Things to Do for All Ages, we went in search of other such lists in our favorite places around the web– lists of things to do, try, see, or read. The following is a compilation of some of our favorites,  packed with activities, ideas, and book titles to enjoy as you take adventure back…Continue Reading “The List of 12 Lists: Favorite Things to Do This Summer”

When I was young, my mom came up with a brilliant idea: tickets, about the size of a business card, that had our allowed television time for a given time period, broken up into 15-minute increments. Whenever we used 15 minutes, we used a hole puncher to punch out one box. At the end of the allotted time period (A week? A month? I can’t quite recall…), we were allowed to redeem any unused increments for bookstore dollars. In short: unused television time = the…Continue Reading “Tech Tickets: A Quick and Simple Way to Help Balance Technology in our Homes”

What if adventure, discovery, and ingenuity were as simple as using a few normal things from around the house, and transforming them into something extraordinary? That’s what the Do Something Awesome list is all about. We’re all for more elaborate or lengthy explorations and projects, too. But in this list, our hope was to provide a quick go-to list of low-cost, low-planning, high-value and discovery ideas for the times when a trip to the store for supplies just isn’t in the books. 😉 Sure, these…Continue Reading “The “Do Something Awesome” List of Things to Do for All Ages”