1.) Send someone you care about a note. In the mail (save the Postal Service! I hope those who know me are chuckling). Use a stamp (a Forever Stamp if you're a real champ...if you don't know about Forever Stamps you're being duped). Bonus points if you sneak in a "buy 1 box of Wheat Thins get one free" coupon, a lottery ticket, or a Dunkin Donuts gift card.
2.) Leave a nice note (in addition to a nice tip) on a meal receipt for exceptional service. If you have ever been a server, you will know how difficult it is to take the blame for undercooked veggies, ice melting too quickly in a beverage, and of course, the incorrect preparation of a hunk of meat. And even if you have never worked in hospitality services...there's this thing called "being nice and not being an asshole." It's a pretty simple concept.
3.) Sneeze into your elbow. Seriously people. Sneezing into the open air is bad enough, but sneezing into your hands is even worse. Elbow pits, I tell ya! You don't touch anything with those!
4.) FLOSS. Not only is this one of the healthiest habits out there, but I personally do not particularly care to see popcorn kernels and spinach coming out to play in between your teeth. Nor do I want to see you picking at your teeth in a hasty attempt to remove said popcorn kernels and spinach.
5.) Going off of the above...if someone has food in their teeth...TELL THEM (especially if it's me). I obviously shouldn't speak for the entire population, but I for one would appreciate being notified that my smile looks more like a picket fence overgrown with weeds.
6.) Log onto Spotify (if you don't have Spotify, step 1 is download Spotify) and listen to an ENTIRE ALBUM of a band you truly love. Long gone are the days where we appreciated how much thought and care went into creating an album as a story. Those song placements where the ending of one song so flawlessly meshes into the start of the next, and every song has something to offer even if that doesn't mean Top 40 single status...my preliminary recommendations are below (with a song to add a little more flavor):
5.) Going off of the above...if someone has food in their teeth...TELL THEM (especially if it's me). I obviously shouldn't speak for the entire population, but I for one would appreciate being notified that my smile looks more like a picket fence overgrown with weeds.
6.) Log onto Spotify (if you don't have Spotify, step 1 is download Spotify) and listen to an ENTIRE ALBUM of a band you truly love. Long gone are the days where we appreciated how much thought and care went into creating an album as a story. Those song placements where the ending of one song so flawlessly meshes into the start of the next, and every song has something to offer even if that doesn't mean Top 40 single status...my preliminary recommendations are below (with a song to add a little more flavor):
- Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
The Fear
- Young the Giant -Young the Giant
Cough Syrup
- The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
The Perfect Space
- Local Natives - Gorilla Manor (Their new album "Hummingbird" is amazing too)
Who Knows Who Cares
- Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
Time To Run
- OneRepublic - Native
I Lived
Okay, I could clearly do this all day. Onto the next...
7.) Put Middleswarth BBQ chips on a tuna fish sandwich. Just trust me on this one.
9.) Go somewhere and do something with someone you care about. Turn your phone off.
10.) Watch. This.
11.) Take a mental break. Watch an entire season of something silly like Duck Dynasty on Netflix, eat nothing but snacks, and embrace the inevitable body-shaped imprint on your couch.
12.) Take more pictures. And not just for Instagram and Facebook's sake, but so you can capture the most fleeting of moments with a plethora of memories behind them. Few things are more smile-inducing than going through old pictures and being exponentially flooded with one memory after another like one of those funky Russian dolls with more Russian dolls inside of them. Ferris Bueller said it best: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
13.) Learn about random things. I recommend doing this via Ze Frank YouTube videos. They are ridonkulous. Two of my favorites (keep in mind, the word "true" is used quite loosely in these...)
True Facts About The Hedgehog
True Facts About Morgan Freeman
14.) Document random days with people you love and turn them into holidays for future celebration. Leslie Knope is the queen of this notion.
15.) Give ketchup a chance. It makes everything better. Stop denying the truth, people!
16.) Stop telling me how much you hate Keeping Up With The Kardashians before subsequently detailing every episode.
17.) Please...enough with the "should ofs." Should HAVE. Should have never said "should of" is what you shoulda done.
18.) Go after what you want. No one else will. Sure, honesty and vulnerability are scary and it's there is less risk in sticking to the old the routine, but life is not meant to be monotonous. It's meant to be raw, unfiltered, and meaningful. Don't bop around and wait like this corgi, it won't get you anywhere and you don't have the adorable bouncing ears to make it look cute.
19.) Admit that Sheetz > Wawa. Admitting it is the first step to recovery.
20.) Shout it out and release it from the heart.
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