With five adventures behind me, I’m now 1/12th of the way through my 60 adventures by my 60th birthday quest.

Having built a little wiggle room into the schedule, I decided to skip last week and focus on enjoying time with my family over the Thanksgiving holiday. But don’t worry, I’ll be back in a few days with a new adventure.

In the meantime, I thought I’d share some thoughts about this project. Here are five take-aways from my first five adventures - five reasons for you to consider starting one of your own.