50 Ways to Thrive and Survive in the Next Ten Years
YES: a Journal of Positive Futures. Spring 2006. p 55. www.yesmagazine.org
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Cook from scratch with friends or family every month
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Learn to play a musical instrument or sing
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Learn to dance
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Learn another language
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Take care of someone else’s kids at least once a month
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Make friends within walking distance
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Form a neighborhood association
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Invest in a wool sweater and turn the heat down
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Make more time with friends
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Create a relationship with someone in another country
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Start your own vegetable garden
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Replace your lawn with native plants
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Collect rain water
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Eat 10 percent within 10 mile
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Eat in season
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Use 25 percent less water in your home
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Create 25 percent less garbag
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Compost
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Give something away
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Turn off the TV and read a book
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Turn off the computer and go for a walk
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Work less and spend les
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Leave America - Come back
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Move into a smaller house
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Convert your car to electric
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Ride the bus
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Carpool
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Walk to work
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Ride a bicycle to the grocery store
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Build sidewalks
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Shop locally
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Write your own news
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Start a blog
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Get rid of stuff you don’t need through Craig’s List or
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Freecycle
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Buy used
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Vote on paper
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Forgive
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Talk to your neighbors
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Talk to your enemies
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Fear not
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Buy only magazines printed on recycled paper
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Encourage schools to require community service
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Tutor/mentor a young one
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Don’t print that e-mail
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Make a friend who is two generations older or younger
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Turn off your cell phone and e-mail and talk to someone face-to-face
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Get involved in a local political campaign
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Explore the nearest wilderness area
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Repair something instead of throwing it away
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Create a park nearby
Monthly Practice:
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Choose to bring at least 30 of these into your action plan (1 a day) for this month.
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Notice which of these you have already integrated into your life.
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Be sure to begin your practice with those you have not integrated.
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