- Surround yourself with interesting people.
- Realize that all people are interesting if you ask them the right questions. So summon up your inner Barbara Walters!
- Doodle.
- Encourage others to take risks.
- Believe in yourself.
- Believe in your future.
- Believe in the One who holds your future.
- Give yourself the grace to learn.
- Take up the very presitious sport of putt-putt golf.
- Encourage your significant other to pursue their dreams. Even if the road is rocky, hold on! It’s worth it.
- Don’t let yourself become brittle.
- Fall in love. If God is big enough to save you for all eternity, you can trust Him with your heart.
- Spend a holiday in a foreign country.
- Get to know your cousins.
- Rediscover your favorite band from Jr. High…and then crank them up on the speakers.
- Dance like no one is watching.
- Never be ashamed of your joy.
- Start blowing bubblegum on a regular basis.
- Write letters to people you’d like to get to know better.
- Ask people for introductions.
- Host parties and tell your friends that they can only bring people who the rest of the group does not know.
- Sing loud and proud.
- Buy something bright.
- Learn the fine art of mixing Italian Sodas.
- Try as many gelato cafes as you can.
- Dance in the rain.
- Create traditions.
- Get up early to spend time with God.
- Show up.
- Remember that you can’t fix someone elses’ life. You aren’t the Holy Spirit. So relax and enjoy the show.
- Sign up for the summer read-a-thon at the library.
- Build a tree-fort.
- Help a widow.
- Tutor a child.
- Be an English conversation partner.
- Use Facebook to connect, not to stalk.
- Buy the craziest outfit and wear it to work next Monday.
- Incorporate color into your life.
- Make a batch of chocolate chip cookies and give them away. Let someone else get the pounds while you get the joy from giving.
- Buy a hula-hoop.
- Start geo-caching.
- Help out at your church.
- Take up pottery.
- Join a car club.
- Join a movie club.
- Browse meetup.com and see what interests you.
- Don’t shy away from social experiments.
- Flash-mobs? Yesssss.
- Volunteer at the youth group.
- Become a hostess.
