Everyday Tips Wear your watch on the opposite wrist one day each week. Be an explorer. Do one new activity per month. (Visit a junkyard . Buy something.Take it home and make a sculpture out of it. Visit an art museum and look at one object. Sit in front of it and write about what you see for 15 minutes.) Take a new route to the supermarket. Do volunteer work with a generation different than your own. Find out how a frequently used appliance actually works. If you watch T.V., write a one paragraph review of what you watched. Look up three new words in the dictionary and use each of them in a sentence. Use your nondominant hand one day a week for the entire day. Discover things your children or grandchildren have taught you and find ways to thank them. Start a journal. List the ten things you're most proud of accomplishing in your life. Memorize the 5 phone numbers you call most. Try out a game or puzzle book. If you get frustrated, enjoy it.