)(( hannah mello ))(

(QUoL).

Exercising & Experiencing
QUality of Life. (QUoL).

I was on the PATH train this afternoon from Jersey to the City and these came to me... I randomly jotted. Ideas for experiencing. Ideas for exercising QUality of Life without emptying the wallet or entering into gimme-buy-me-take-me-ness.

Just because some of us are adults--
serious students--
parents--
working working adults--
doesn't mean we can't.

I'm in.
I want to re-do some of these that I've done
and do others I haven't yet.

Are you in?

Add to the list!!!!!!!
(and I know you want to clown on me-- but that's ok. :) ...)

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• Find & Purchase new music (BUT in the Old School or Indie genres only).
• Wikipedia the history of your particular town (&/or your town of origin).
• Handwrite a letter and mail it (and buy stamps in order to repeat the action).
• Do something active FOR FUN'S SAKE-- not solely for EXERCISE'S sake:
  
• hike
• kayak (rent one for a couple hours)
• padal boat
• ride bikes
• rent a bike-built-for-two
• walk from your house to make a chain of house calls on your friends
• horseback-ride
• Prank call a friend (key word: a FRIEND)
• Joke around, speaking in voices and impersonations with friends
• Revitalize an inside-joke
• Throw a just-because theme party
• Do a photo shoot of your town from a creative angle
• Rearrange your furniture-- put new art on the walls
• Buy & Read a classic
  
• Go to a vintage/thrift shop and create fashion for yourself
• Send a postcard from your town (they probably exist!) to a friend or family out-of-town
• Boycot email & myspace for a week
• Cook at home-- or eat from-home foods (pack lunches!)-- for a week
  
• Wear flip-flops in the rain
• Walk into the ocean-- or Jump into a pool-- with all your clothes and shoes on
• Take public transport for a day
• Make a list and send it to your best friend or lover -- of all you appreciate about them (shared memories, their character/personality, whatever)
• Go down memory lane. (Read old blog entries, journals. Look at old pics.) & Take someone with you. <-- remind a friend or family member of the goodness of the past.
• Go see a movie alone. More than once.
  

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Cheers to Life. Cheers to QUALITY Life. There's such a difference.
I want Life in Quality form. (QUoL).

posted by )(( hannah mello ))( @ 9:01 PM