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Sometimes you just have to put yourself out there…

Although you can read more about me and my experience designing live adventures on my about page, the main bit to know is that I LOVE the theme of adventure in all its forms. Subscribe on Instagram to follow us and me as we build something that I wish I had so many years ago. Sure, we’ll be posting a variety of fun challenges both online as well as in the real world. However, I also want to invite you to my own personal journey as I make a MASSIVE lifestyle change from a homebody, overweight writer who spends too much time in front of a computer screen to a world adventurer!

This journey began in 2020 and only in 2025 am I bringing it to the Internet in hopes that my experiences, challenges, victories and failures might inspire others to take on their own desired life changes, no matter how large or small.
I’m also wanting to prove to myself and others that you don’t need your own TV show. We often have seen TV shows where an individual has access to all kinds of resources to travel the world doing all kinds of exciting things. Well, what if one/I don’t have much money. Can it still be done? Can I still make amazing changes in my life without a whole TV crew?

My goals can be broken down into two categories: Professional and Personal

Professional

  • TRAVEL – To create a lifestyle where travel is not only frequent as part of my work, but the norm rather than the exception.
  • CREATE – To be able to design live adventures and actual treasure hunts around the world for all to enjoy.
  • SHARE
    • To encourage others to SEE this amazing planet. To gain experiences far more thrilling than a screen could ever provide.
    • To author and speak on this topic in hopes of inspiring others
    • One day open a facility (or several) to the general public to house actual live adventures for others to enjoy and experience.
    • Build a community online (and offline) where everyone can contribute and help lift each other up…and out…
    • To overall revive the old spirit of adventure that was characterized in the 1930’s here in the US when we were searching for lost cities and breaking records with flights across the Atlantic (as examples.)

Personal

  • To become a polyglot (the ability to speak 5+ languages)
  • To get a deeper understanding of mankind. Indiana Jones makes a comment about Marcus Brody in The Holy Grail “He (Marcus) has friends from here to the Sudan. He speaks a dozen languages and knows every local custom.” I want that to describe me.
  • I want to push myself. To be tested beyond what I’ve ever been tested before.
  • To create a new lifestyle where I’m regularly outdoors versus inside. I want it to be normal to be surrounded by mountains, trees and ocean instead of four walls and cubicles.
  • I’ve written so many different adventure themed stories that I’d like to start living some of my own. I’d like to collect MY OWN adventure stories that I’ve personally experienced.
  • Healthwise, I need to transform my body because the new lifestyle I’m looking for would require me to be more physical outdoors…all day, likely. I’m in no shape for that type of activity…yet.
  • As a final benchmark…I’ve set a goal to ride the Orient Express in Europe. This is more symbolic than it is practical. It stems from my love for Agatha Christie’s novel, Murder on the Orient Express. The price tag for a three day trip is extremely impractical for me at the beginning of my journey. Of course, I could just spend a bunch of money and do it (save up and/or charge it) but I want it to be a PART of my new lifestyle. The time that I ride it, it will be because it’s ‘normal’ to do it, if that makes sense.

Ultimately I believe that we all have at least one big ‘secret’ dream for our lives – a scary dream. I’m hoping you’ll find that spark we ALL need to take a step forward towards one of those dreams.
What form does YOUR adventure take?

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About Joe Dean

Joe Dean has been a professional adventure treasure hunt designer for over three decades and his adventures have been facilitated by individuals and organizations all over the globe. His passions have most recently taken him to the creation of the Quest Adventure Society and its future. He will also be focusing on creating not just the adventures the society will provide, but also a video series chronicling his OWN journey towards being more adventurous in his personal life as HE comes into contact with the QAS through a fictional, ongoing story.

So…what EXACTLY is the QAS?

The Quest Adventure Society (QAS) began as a fictitious organization from an expanding video series entitled “Keeping Up With Quinn.” It was so much fun creating the video series that Joe Dean, the creator, thought why can’t there be a QAS in real life. This site and accompanying social media platforms are labors of love to show to encourage stepping away from our screens and injecting some exciting adventure into the real world…even if we have to infuse the experience with a little fiction! Through a variety of treasure hunts and other adventure style ‘formats’ we hope to offer fun experiences while building a community that dares to seek out new and fun challenges!

We also LOVE the ‘adventure’ theme in all it’s facets and we love providing online fun for our Instagram subscribers – so subscribe and check it out! (coming soon)