“There are moments that put a knot in the pit of your stomach—a twinge of doubt accompanied by the urge to leap.”

That’s a quote that jumped out at me from the pages of Bruce Poon Tip’s beautifully illustrated new handbook Do Big Small Things: A Guided Journey toward Freedom, Happiness, and Adventure. As a fellow writer and adventurer (Bruce is the founder of small group adventure operator G Adventures), I thumbed through the pages of his interactive field journal recognising the power that comes from venturing outside comfort zones, connecting with strangers, making mistakes, and heeding the call of the unknown.

Inspired by Poon Tip’s handbook, I put together my own list of tips for anyone who is feeling the call of adventure, but scared to make the leap.

Make the leap: the 10 things that stand between you and a spontaneous life adventure