About This Blog

Hi, and welcome to The Tiny Adventurer, a blog dedicated to teaching people how to turn an ordinary day into something exciting. I have many reasons for why i started this blog, but the main reason is because after college I began to notice that most of us fall into a comfortable pattern, where we see the same people, go to the same bars, and pretty much do the same exact thing every weekend, and one day I had an epiphany, that if I tried to fit in just one adventure a week, and if I always had something new and exciting to look forward to, then my life would be a lot more fun, and in turn, I would be happier. And so I began pitching this blog idea to everyone I knew–friends, co-workers, relatives, and something weird began to happen, I started getting calls, and emails, and they all pretty much started the same exact way, “you know what I’ve always wanted to do….” And suddenly I realized that everyone had exciting ideas for adventures, and even more surprising was the fact that not one person brought up extravagant things like backpacking through Europe or climbing Mt. Everest. Every person who came to me had adventures that were much more attainable, to the point where they could be done locally, in a day and on a budget, and that is how The Tiny Adventurer was born.

A Little Bit More About Me…

My name is Caitlyn. I’m 24 years old, 5 feet tall, and I have a size 5 foot to match. Although I’m short of stature, I have BIG dreams.

In my lifetime I’ve already dreamed about being the following things:

• Veterinarian
• Paleontologist
• Sports Caster
• Famous Musician
• Novelist
• Oncologist
• Marathon Runner
• Broadway Singer
• Screenwriter
• Director of Marketing for Google
• Registered Dietitian

I am none of these things, and maybe someday I will be lucky enough to achieve just one thing off this list, but if not, I’m OK with that.

This was not always the case though. I used to hold all of my dreams to an impossibly standard, where failure meant failure, and as a result, I became terrified to pursue them. Ironically,  my lack of action ended up feeling like the biggest failure of all, and I became deeply unhappy.

In college I struggled a lot with my own self-doubt. Sometimes I didn’t want to be around other people, because in my mind everyone else was a reminder of what I was not…people achieving their dreams, while my list had nothing crossed off.

Then one day in college I started running, and I attribute a lot of my self-discovery and mental improvement to the discovery of fitness and nutrition. Through running I learned the power of accomplishing small goals–to run one mile, then 2, then 3, and so on. I failed to become a marathon runner because my knees gave out while I was a senior in college, but through this “failure” I discovered other things, such as biking, yoga, kickboxing, hiking, and a long list of other activities that challenged me in college, and continue to challenge me today.

I’m not perfect. I still get sad over silly things, and I still get jealous of people who I think have it better than me, but the grass is always greener on the other side, and for me, this blog is a motivational tool and learning process on how to get away from that mindset.  From now on I want to concentrate on what makes me happy, rather than focusing on what makes other people happy, and in the process I hope to motivate and teach others that having an adventurous lifestyle doesn’t require a lot of money or a lot of time. It just requires a simple promise to yourself.

I promise to do at least one thing a week that makes me truly happy.