The Adult Playdate for a Day Challenge

Good evening Listeners!

In this episode, I offer a challenge to you to plan an Adult Playdate for a Day with a friend that you know lives paycheck to paycheck or perhaps lives on a very tight budget, you know that person who could use a day away from the stresses like family, finances and medical matters. 

The goal here is to choose a friend that lives within a reasonable distance from you that you typically do not hang out with, and maybe you are not even that close, but you see them a lot and you chat with them enough that he or she is someone you would consider hanging out with.

Now, there are seven key objectives to the challenge for you to follow:

First, choose a friend who lives within a reasonable distance from you that you personally know doesn’t have a lot and could use a day away from worries, especially financial, medical or family stress. 

Second, reach out to that friend and tell him or her that you want to hang out for a day, but just the two of you (preferably male-to-male and female-to-female only hangouts).

Third, choose a date and time to meet, but I want you to go to that friend’s residence and pick them up. Be sure to give them a reasonable but not too crazy dress code so that they are comfortable and not worried about how to dress.

Fourth, before you meet, plan an inexpensive (or expensive if you prefer) but fun day in which you spoil that friend for the day. Because you know he or she needs it, make sure they pay for nothing and do not let them. Allow them to be free from obligation while you handle everything. Just make sure that they know that you got them covered. 

Five, make it a day, let’s say from 11am – 6pm. This should be reasonable enough time to have breakfast or brunch, do whatever you do in between, have an early dinner and then get the friend back home by 6pm. 

Six, once they are home, give that friend a big hug and tell them you hope they enjoyed their day and that you thought about them and just wanted to give them a break and some time to enjoy a day without stress!

Seven (optional), tell them you’d like to do this again but as couples if they are married or as families if they have kids in the home. If it’s a couple’s thing then perhaps invite them on a nice outing. If it’s family’s thing then invite them over to your homes for perhaps an early dinner, with games to play for a couple of hours or so after dinner. 

Just so you know, I have no regrets for what I did for a friend that you learned about in the story. It was worth it, so please take on this challenge, enjoy it with that person, as couples or with your families if you choose to make a multi-person function. Trust me, you will find that you have a friend or friends for life that will always be a blessing to you!