Religious.

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.