1 ) Write a hand-written letter to someone you love, using different colored pens.

2 )Look at pictures from your childhood.  Bad hairstyles, florescent fashion, take it all in.

3) Pop in the video/DVD from your child’s last recital—or your childhood recital.

4)Call your oldest friend, start a conversation with, ” Remember when we…”

5) Do an updated version of that awesome thing, right now. Really—grab your markers, or your bike, or your flashlight, or you video camera, and have an adventure.

 

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