Try new things, even if they scare you. As long as they're generally safe


My most extreme case was getting a job in Scotland despite never being outside of Norway before.
I didn't know anyone there, what to expect, or even where to live before moving on my own.


I only lasted 3 months, but the fact I actually went through with the move itself, and pushing through my initial fears and anxiety has made me more brave in general.


Whenever I gotta go somewhere unfamiliar,even in my own area, I think to myself "hell, I moved to Scotland. Ofcourse I can do this"

I sold everything, bought a van and lived on the road for a year to dedicate myself and my son to seeing more. I used to force myself into uncomfortable events, gatherings, classes, meetings, books, volunteer jobs, regular jobs, anything at all to get new stuff moving in my mind.

And certain things were dropped on me and I had to figure it out over and over alone.

Next I'm going to move 3000 miles away and learn a whole new ecosystem, city life, more culture, new people.

I am in constant pursuit of new things to learn.

Take a study course online or do volunteer work. You could get out more and mingle with people, maybe take a bowling as a hobby or something. Take up any hobby, including painting or even learning the guitar. Redecorate the house little by little. You'd be surprised at how amazing it makes you feel. Start cleaning out things you've had for years and will never use. That's very rewarding. Make new friends.

Pareto's rule. You want 80% of your life to be order, and you can use the strength and stability of that to tread into the unknown as 20% of what you are exposed to.

I'll use my current progress as an example. I do a LOT of college and university courses. Once I've done several in one area, I'll then move into certification in another area that has a lot of crossover with what I've already done, and then once I've got quite a few credentials in that area I'll move to another and by that point I'm thinking "I've covered much of this topic in a previous course, I just need to apply a some new details within this new context".

And try to monetize the domains you move into. If you are able to, then that will be a concrete, objective proof to yourself and others that you have effectively mastered that domain. If someone is willing to pay you for your work then that is telling you "your contribution in this area is so great that I am willing to contribute some of my limited resources and time to access it".

Travel .. w my son(s), brother or even coming up .. alone if needed

Hobbies .. Getting serious about amateur photography

Working out / eating better

Took a retirement seminar .. looking at some other things for adult ed at the community college

Volunteering .. have worked with the local foodbank, Habitat for Humanity in the past

etc

I'm not the best person for this but I try to search for new music, try to cook or bake something new.
What I do not do but people recommend to me is visiting new cafés or traveling.

Join volunteer organizations, such as helping the elderly, or working at a food pantry, beautifying a local park; so many volunteer opportunities.

Travel. Not just as a tourist. Go spend time living and working among the people in other places..😷

I often step outta my comfort zone in absence of my ego.

Go to a cafe you like by yourself, sit there and open a journal with a blank page. See what will happen.

I did nothing I like it that way

Take a class at a local community college

Drop acid.

Quit your job. You're obviously done with it.