On doing new things
nurture your relationships, pursue challenging goals, spend time in nature, and make room for fun.
Oliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Changing the world includes changing yourself. Change your beliefs, preferences, acquaintances, hobbies, location, and lifestyle. Your only constant habit will be looking for what else to change.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
Pivotal moments often happen when you inject more risk, new information, or create upside in an otherwise stable situation. This is why people talk about a sequence of key events precipitated by changing new jobs, meeting a new mentor, launching products, moving across the country, etc. These are moments of great change, and thus, tremendous... See more
Andrew Chen • The Case Against Morning Yoga, Daily Routines, and Endless Meetings
You'll need to take a risk of doing something that you haven't done before. Risk, even a small one, can be difficult, but it can have a big reward. You may rediscover your excitement and interest in life. But more than that, it can help you be more flexible. Doing something new keeps you young in some ways and gives you a broader view of the world.
... See moreMonica Vilhauer • Doing Something New Is Good for You
It’s all too easy to fall into a routine of going to the same places, ordering the same food, and meeting with the same people. Make it a point to try new things regularly. If you’ve been meaning to visit that new coffee shop down the block, now is the time. Make a reservation if you’ve been thinking about trying a new restaurant. Unless you make
... See moreTrending Minds • 10 Tiny Habits You Can Practice Every Day To Create A Better Life.
Life is generative. It’s not about looking inward or maintaining the status quo (which is an illusion, anyway!). It’s about exploring, experimenting, trial-and-error, keeping what works and building upon it.
Get familiar with the unknown. The feeling of exploring a coffee shop you’ve never been to, the initial awkwardness of talking to a stranger, the unease of eating alone at a restaurant, the effort of dragging yourself off the couch to go dancing with your friends, the indulgence of letting yourself sleep until 11. There’s more to life than constant... See more
discomfort is the price you pay for a fulfilling life
Make a point of going to ideas and creative events in your area – or even joining online courses – and meeting people who do things differently from the people you spend time with right now. What two things can you do this week that take you out of your usual habits and get you exposed to new people?