Use Your Camping Gear This Year!
Are you like one of the MANY people who bought a tent, camping or outdoor sports gear or even a caravan during the Covid-era?
As life has gotten back to its usual busy pace, many of those purchases remain forgotten and packed away. Is your shiny new gear now collecting dust? Did you use it once and then pack it away never to be seen again? Is that camping trailer just taking up space in your driveway instead of being used?
2024 is the year to change that!
(Note, I’m going to talk about camping during this post, but if you bought other adventure gear, e.g. snow, climbing, hiking, surfing, boating or fishing gear, just substitute that wherever I say ‘camping’).
The good news is with covid fears and restrictions pretty much forgotten, and as 2024 begins, it’s the perfect time to PLAN to use your camping and adventure gear.
As the year gets into full swing, we know how hard it gets to find free time. So let’s block it out in the calendar now!
Consider, if you HAD to go camping four times this year, how would you make that happen? Where would you go, for how long, and when? Pretend it’s a legal or work requirement for the sake of this exercise.
Now, more realistically,
How much time do you need to make it fun and worth the effort? (e.g. do you need a whole week or would a long weekend be enough)
When during the year would be ideal?
Who could you invite with you to make it more fun/easier? Think about who your kids love to play with, and also who might have camping gear so you don’t have to buy anything new for the trip.
Where do you want to go?
Now write it on your calendar, in pencil. You can always change it later. At least if it is written in that space it will be blocked out unless something really important comes up. Chat to your spouse or friends or whoever else you need, and then book it in.
This is the year to make it happen. Beat the stats and choose to be the fun, adventurous family you dreamed of back in those long days of lockdown. Now’s your chance!
YOUR TURN
Tell me, what was your covid purchase? Did you buy a tent, hammock, fishing gear, caravan…let me know in the comments below!