Firchau, Rain Shadow, 2013
Life's biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Benjamin Franklin
For best results ...
- Slow down every single aspect of daily life (avoid pop culture and mass-media, take your TV to the dump, cook as many meals as possible on a charcoal grill, and take the scenic route to work).
- Open windows.
- Get outside and breathe deeply: eat outside, read outside, ride a bike outside (in cotton shorts and an old t-shirt, without a helmet), walk outside (in the woods, in the early morning and late at night, without a flashlight), sleep outside.
- Climb trees, then read and exclaim poetry while you're up there.
- Feed and admire birds.
- Go barefoot.
- Make wood fires, appreciating their smell and meditative properties.
- Swim in creeks and lakes.
- Draw in a sketchbook, with a pencil, sharpened with a pocketknife.
- Listen to more AC⚡DC and Mozart horn concertos than you usually do. Turn the volume up.
- Cook at home and, as much as politely possible, eat with your fingers.
- Smile. Look people in the eye and greet them with a hearty handshake. Laugh. Tell jokes.
- Read books that are older than you.
Performed with religious dedication, these exercises will reverse the aging process and redefine your understanding of wisdom.
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