How to Be More Interesting in Real Life

A list I stuck in my kids' book

• Daydream. Be bored for at least 30 minutes a day.

• Read creative nonfiction essays about all sorts of things you never thought you’d be into.

• Read Wikipedia for 10 minutes a day.

• Know things. Become an expert in something odd. Maybe something obscure like the history of archery, Acacia trees, foraging, film noir.

  Being a person like this is sexy.

• Read a lot of books. Like, a fuck ton.

• Learn to dance. Like, really dance.
  Bust that shit out at the next wedding or wild night out.

• Stand on skinny branches. Say yes to uncomfortable ideas.
  Bravery is wildly powerful and seductive.
  Try things that make you slightly uncomfortable.
  Feel like a winner after.

• Have actual opinions when you talk to people.
  Debate.
  Safe answers are beige.

• Quick, make something. Anything at all.
  Bad art, pottery, collages, bread.
  Makers > consumers.
  Always.

• Learn a skill that requires a teacher.
  You will learn and you will have a story to tell.

• Have a dish that everyone loves and asks for.
  Know the recipe by heart.
  Write it down for people.
  Cooking is a delight of life.

• Learn to ask specific questions so people actually want to talk to you.
  Ask them what they’re super into right now.
  What they love to do.
  When was the last time they cried.
  What they want for their future.
  Watch their faces slowly change and soften
  because everyone else is boring
  and just asks what do you do?

• Have a project with a deadline.
  Goals are active. They can make you peppy.

• Memorize a poem.
  This could get you laid.

• Write letters to your loved ones.
  Mail that is not a bill or junk is holy.

• Learn a magic trick.

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