Hey NoBads,

We get asked a lot about how we make time for adventuring outside as a family. In describing weekends to coworkers, we’ve heard comments similar to “Wow, that’s just so cool that you can do that.” or “Man, someday we will do that too.”

BUT YOU CAN….and can do it now.

How?

You prioritize it. Easier said than done? Well, yes.

But we discovered if we BOTH prioritize, then we are united in making the idea of getting outside more as a family, a reality. And on the days where one parent really doesn’t want to get out, they have committed to this priority, and does the ole ‘suck it up, butter cup’.

So how do you prioritize and stick to it? I’m sure there are many ways and at the end of the day, our advice is do what works for your family. For us, we wrote down our top priorities as a family and as a couple and hung them up on the wall.

First we literally wrote them on lined paper and taped them up in our bedroom where we would wake up and see them ever day. Eventually, we made them a lil fancier, printed and framed them for our living room.

This was a simple yet revolutionary act for us. Dramatic? Maybe. After having 3 babies back to back, we were in pure survival mode and recognized that us not going outside was detrimental to our relationship in marriage and for our children.

DESIGN TEMPLATE LINK – This link will take you to these templates in Canva where you can edit them.

OR…below is a pdf version of the templates, if you prefer to download them from here directly and edit them by hand.

Don’t cancel plans. Make more!

Write it out and go out!

Love,