Risk is not something that we typically like to think about; we're usually more concerned with comfort and security.  Risk involves...well, risk.  By its very nature risk means you are outside the comfort level that you have become accustomed to.

I could come up with all kinds of examples: a baby chick hatching from an egg;  a baby sea turtle heading for the open water of the ocean before a predator finds them; a baby eagle getting kicked out of its nest by its parents in order to learn to fly (hmmm... all of these have to do with babies, growing, learning).

Part of growing and learning has to do with exposing ourselves to things we are not used to, hence, they are typically outside our comfort zone.  Do bad things happen when we take risks?  Sure, but good things also happen.  While learning to windsurf, for example, you'll get doused and fall in the water time and time again.  However, once your skills become more refined, you suddenly can sail across the water in a way that you never have before.  

As I've mentioned before in these pages, your life is defined by what you do.  But what you do depends on which risks you are willing to take.  By learning to do some of the "out of the ordinary" things, your life will start to take on a new definition, and it will be out of the ordinary from what you've always done.  

There is an episode of the classic "Seinfeld" TV show where George has decided that his life is so messed up that he will try an experiment: whenever he is faced with a decision, he will do the opposite of whatever he would normally choose, and see how things turn out.  While it made for great entertainment on the show, there is a measure of truth in the logic:  different decisions make for different outcomes.  If you would like to become more spontaneous, then be make more spontaneous decisions, and it becomes easier.  If you would like to have more friends, become involved in other groups, communities, or gatherings and see what new relationships develop.

Remember, if you are comfortable with where you've always been, that's where you will remain.  But if you're looking for more, decide on one significant change at a time, and then go do that thing.  See where it leads and what other new opportunities present themselves.  By continuing the cycle, your life will begin to move in new directions and suddenly, what was previously "risky" will not seem quite as uncomfortable.

It is rarely ever the "right" time to start a business, change a job that you don't like, get married, decide to have children, go back to school, start a healthier eating plan, join the gym, etc.  You just have to decide that it's time for you to begin that new lifestyle dynamic, and then make adjustments along the way.  

Security is an illusion, and change is typically not as painful as it appears that it could be.  Pursuing adventurebolts can appear risky, but what you are really doing is charting a course of no regrets.  You will never have to say that you did not do your best to live passionately and make a difference.