27 alternatives to reading blogs, by Laurel Winter
- write a poem
- get up at 3 a.m. and perpetrate an ephemeral work of guerrilla art
- kiss someone who would like it if you kissed them
- go for a walk
- learn to LOVE watercolors
- read a poem
- purchase and disassemble and eat a pomegranate
- remove 3 items from your closet (trash or charity? you choose)
- write to someone you love
- open the dictionary at random and read until you find a word you don't know
- take a bath by candle light
- write to someone you think you might love, given half a chance
- throw away all your single socks
- floss
- start a screenplay/novel/mural
- memorize a poem
- actually do one of the hobbies you have the parts for
- sing something you know at least some of the words to
- visit someone you know in an old folks' home (I know, not PC)
- go through your cell phone contacts and call someone you haven't talked to in a while
- box up the parts for a hobby you know you will not do and find a good home for it
- draw something and stick it on your fridge
- visit someone you don't know in an old folks' home
- dance around the living room
- have a tea party with friends (imaginary/real/stuffed)
- admire yourself in a full-length mirror
- plan an adventure
