Bias Towards Action: The Adventure List(s) | Ep 572

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Brad Barrett | Choose FI Media

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4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, hosts Brad, Emily W, and Emily C delve into the importance of building meaningful friendships and adding adventure to life. They discuss the concept of an "adventure list," embracing vulnerability, and the creativity that can stem from constraints. The conversation encourages listeners to engage in various levels of travel experiences, stepping out of their comfort zones to enrich their lives.

Key Topics Discussed

Introduction to the Episode
Meet the Emilys
The Concept of Friendship in FI
- The depth and sincerity of friendships formed within the FI community.
Vulnerability as a Superpower
- How sharing one's authentic self fosters deeper connections.
Creating an Adventure List
- Techniques for brainstorming and planning new experiences.
Four Levels of Travel Experiences
- A framework ranging from simple sightseeing to immersive living.

Timestamps for Key Moments

00:09:19 - "Give yourself permission to be a beginner."
00:25:56 - "How can I say yes?" - Emphasizing the importance of embracing opportunities.
00:37:44 - "Constraints can indeed be a gift."
00:53:29 - "The more you say yes, the more you'll want to say yes."

Key Insights

Deeper Friendships: The FI community encourages more profound connections by facilitating personal growth and adventure.
Adventure Lists: Creating a list of adventures helps focus intentions and set actionable goals for trying new experiences.
Vulnerability in Relationships: Sharing your true self invites deeper friendships and encourages others to do the same.
Travel Experience Framework: Understanding different levels of travel—from simple adventures to immersive experiences—can guide you in planning meaningful engagements.

Actionable Takeaways

Create your adventure list to enhance your life experiences.
Practice saying yes to new opportunities regularly.
Embrace vulnerability to strengthen friendships.

Discussion Questions

What does your adventure list include?
How can constraints in your life lead to greater creativity?
What experiences have taught you the value of vulnerability?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Chusify. Today on the show, I have two guests, and their first names are both
0:04.6	Emily. So we're going to call them Emily W and Emily C. I met both of these women at a Chusify
0:10.7	local meetup here in Richmond, Virginia, a couple weeks back. And they were both incredibly
0:16.2	interesting and insightful. But not only that, they talked to me about some tools they were using to really make their lives better in a very concrete way and insightful. But not only that, they talked to me about some tools they were using to really
0:21.6	make their lives better in a very concrete way. And interestingly, it was around building adventure
0:27.4	into your life. And they have two different overarching themes for this, the adventure list,
0:33.5	and then the little adventures. And I'm not going to steal the thunder of it here in the intro, but suffice to say, this episode is fantastic.
0:41.9	And I do not say that lightly.
0:43.4	I take notes during the episodes.
0:45.0	And this is the episode I think I've taken the most quotes from, direct quotes from, of any episode that I can remember in recent memory.
0:52.9	It was that good.
0:54.1	You are going to love this episode. And in recent memory, it was that good. You are going to
0:54.8	love this episode. And with that, welcome to choose that fine. Emily and Emily, I'm so happy
1:07.9	you're here. This should be a lot of fun. Thrill to be here. I'm super excited. We got this to work.
1:12.5	Yeah, this is great. So, okay, a little backstory for the audience. So we all met up recently at the Richmond Chusify Local Group. There was a case study. And Emily W., you were the longtime admin of the Richmond group, and you did an amazing job. So thank you.
1:29.9	Of course. It was a pleasure. Yeah. And Emily, say that was the first time that we met for real.
1:34.3	And I just loved your energy. And then just in the meetup, I'm like, wow, we think identically, this is crazy.
1:40.8	And we met up after because Emily W. talked about this hike that you two
1:45.4	have. And I actually referenced this on an episode recently that I mentioned with Alan and Katie
1:49.6	Donagan. And it just sounded so cool. It was extraordinary. And you talked about about building
1:56.8	out a list of adventures, about really building an intentional life was really the undercurrent
2:02.6	of it all. And it started from friendship. And I think that's one of the coolest things about
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