Wake up earlier
Spend less time online
Spend more time outside
Every day, do something that scares you
Take more deep breaths
Realize you can't control certain things
Dance naked to 90s music when no one else is home
Meet new people
Meet old people – they have better stories
Listen to more people's stories
Learn to see things from different angles
Learn to look for Better Angels
Walk more
Drink more water
Drink less caffeine
Don't leave the coffeepot on when you leave the house
Be more aware of your bad habits
Be more patient with others' bad habits
Seek something every day
- even if you don't find what you're looking for,
at least you won't have wasted the day
Don't start smoking – despite what you may have heard
about what it does for stress
Worry less -
about what you can change
Change what you can
Stop writing cliches
Stop blaming your inaction on your home town
or your parents
or your emotional instability
Take responsibility for your inaction
Read more often –
you have books you haven't touched, ever
Write by the water –
the white noise of river helps you think
Return more favors –
people have been kind to you
Be kind to more people
Don't small talk –
small talk is for small minds
Don't ruin a good conversation by talking too much
Make something every day
(art, love, decisions, etc)
Go to bed earlier