Paula Baker | Author of Four Old Women Go to Machu Picchu

What Will You Say Yes To?

Life is a time-limited offer.

There are things we keep meaning to do.

Places we want to visit. Friends we want to see. Classes we want to take. Skills we want to learn. Adventures we keep saving for someday.

This is your invitation to stop for a moment and wonder:

What sounds like fun?

Who would you like beside you?

What might be worth taking a first step toward?

You don’t need our adventures.

You need your own.

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We’re Not Getting Any Younger

A Field Guide to Friendship, Fun, and Your Next Adventure


No Mountains Required

An adventure does not have to involve hiking boots, airports, altitude, or an alarming bathroom.

It might be:

  • taking the trip you have talked about for years
  • joining a choir or community band
  • learning to paint, paddle, dance, or speak Italian
  • visiting the friend you keep promising to visit
  • exploring somewhere close to home
  • signing up for a class
  • returning to something you used to love
  • finding an exceptionally good cinnamon bun

There are no extra points for distance, expense, blisters, or sleeping badly.

What matters is that it sounds like fun to you.


Perhaps Something Has Already Come to Mind

What have you been saving for someday?

Who would you like beside you?

What is one small step you could take?

You do not have to announce it to the world. You do not need a perfect plan. You are allowed to investigate the possibility and change your mind.

But if the idea keeps returning, perhaps it deserves another look.

The first step doesn’t have to be brave, expensive, or irreversible.

It only has to be real.


Start with the Free Field Guide

We’re Not Getting Any Younger

A Field Guide to Friendship, Fun, and Your Next Adventure

This free collection of stories and reflections grew out of an unforgettable journey to Machu Picchu with three good friends.

Inside, you’ll find:

  • friendship and humour
  • travels and lessons learned
  • practical encouragement without self-help clichés
  • thoughts about choosing the right companions
  • packing wisdom acquired the hard way
  • an invitation to consider what you would enjoy doing next

Not a self-help book.

Definitely a free guide.


What Other Readers Are Saying Yes To

This page is just beginning.

Soon, this space will hold stories from readers who booked the trip, took the class, contacted the old friend, returned to a neglected passion, or simply tried something that made life more interesting.

Their adventures may be enormous.

They may also involve coffee, a library card, a pair of walking shoes, or a decision to begin.

Would you like your story to be one of the first?

Tell me:

  • what you are saying yes to
  • why it matters to you
  • whether someone is coming with you
  • what first step you have taken

I will never publish your name or story without asking your permission first.


Who Would You Invite Along?

Every questionable idea needs at least one person willing to consider it.

If someone came to mind while you were reading this page, send them the link and ask,

"What would you like to say yes to?"

Perhaps they’ll say no.

Perhaps they’ll propose something better.

Or perhaps the two of you will end up somewhere neither of you expected.

There’s only one way to find out.

Start the conversation.

Did this page bring someone to mind? Send them the link and start the conversation.


Life is a time-limited offer.


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