adrienne on Farcaster

adrienne pfp

One of my kids is on a 2 week program in Barcelona. - 30 teens - 4 groups broken into areas of study- business and entrepreneurship, art and architecture, Spanish language and culture, photography. - morning study and afternoon excursions - live in dorms They arent speed running tourist spots or doing the instagram check the box style of travel. They get to experience living in a new place, and learn something new and meaningful. Why arent there adult trips like this? My husband and I see empty nest in our future (4 years away, but as anyone with older kids know, time starts to fly 💨) and we talk about wanting experiences like this. @balajis.eth maybe empty nesters will be a new growth vector for network school in the future- successful semi retired adults with time on their hand but still have the burning need to go deep learning new skills, see the world, and build

8 replies

1 recast

32 reactions

adrienne pfp

Now that I think about it, the trip i took to Mongolia in 2019 was like this. We stayed in a ger camp, living with nomads for 10 days. The main group activity every day was horseback riding but the guides organized optional classes each morning - prana yama, yoga, photography (one of the guides was a professional photojournalist), birding, or guided hike with a naturalist to learn native plants (not much diversity on the steppe tho) No wonder it was one of my favorite travel experiences- slow, deep, learned new skills Still it was just 2 weeks bc i still had kids and a job at home… but imagine doing something like this for 2-6 months- how much you could learn and do I wrote about it of course https://adrienneshulman.medium.com/notes-from-mongolia-part-1-e9f7e664ca2c

0 reply

0 recast

9 reactions

coachcoale.base.eth pfp

coachcoale.base.eth

When I worked in schools, I was once asked in an interview: "If you could design a field trip, what would it be?" My answer: Drive across the country. This comes to mind, reading your post :)

1 reply

0 recast

2 reactions

Tom pfp

You need to speak with my Mother, I’m an only child so she’s had an empty nest for a while She loves going on random excursions like this round England, trains makes it far more accessible! So if you ever fancy a trip to the hills of rural England let me know — under strict orders to offer (my old) our spare bedroom to any “internet friends who’d like to visit and unplug” as she says

1 reply

0 recast

1 reaction

NoReverseGearLagrange pfp

NoReverseGearLagrange

@eulerlagrange.eth

> barcelona > study entrepreneurship These numbers ain’t adding up Adrienne

1 reply

0 recast

0 reaction

Edge City pfp

@adrienne sounds like you would like the vibe of our monthlong popup villages (yes, you can join for just a week or two). We just wrapped up a village in northern California and have another one planned in Patagonia from Oct. 18 to Nov. 15. Here is the full recap: https://www.edgecity.live/blog/edge-esmeralda-2025-month-in-review

0 reply

0 recast

1 reaction

ted (not lasso) pfp

ted (not lasso)

you MUST go to an @edgecity!!! @timour read this please! @janine get in here!!!

1 reply

0 recast

1 reaction

tyler ↑ pfp

"...successful semi retired adults with time on their hand but still have the burning need to go deep learning new skills, see the world, and build" and mentor and lead in unconventional environments. Some domain-oriented (finance, business, marketing, etc.) combination of Kitchen Nightmares and Doctors Without Borders. For instance, one of my friends (a former boss) lives in Slovakia part-time mentoring & helping others in that work.

0 reply

0 recast

0 reaction

Sandiforward pfp

@sandiforward.eth

We know we can say no and that’s what blocks us. The amount of times I’ve thought about a health retreat but realised I don’t or won’t commit and be like ‘heck’ I’m using time away from work… I want to have ‘fun’ prevents it from happeneing when I fear the structure will feel like work

0 reply

0 recast

0 reaction