102 Free Things to Do
Published on 29. March 2011
160 pages
978-1-906964-72-6 (ISBN)
Description
Everyone knows that the best things in life are free . . but it's easy to forget in a world of constant advertising and competitive consumerism. 102 Free Things to Do is a warm, wise and witty reminder that almost everything that really matters can be done on less than a shoestring.
Beautifully illustrated, always entertaining and full of surprising nuggets of advice and information, this is one of those rare books that might just change your life. Or at least make you feel a bit more like getting out of bed in the morning.
Beautifully illustrated, always entertaining and full of surprising nuggets of advice and information, this is one of those rare books that might just change your life. Or at least make you feel a bit more like getting out of bed in the morning.
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10/2009
Old Street Publishing
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Alex Quick
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- 1: Go out and look at the stars
- 2: Keep a diary - but only one sentence a day
- 3: Meter your energy use with a smart meter
- 4: Give up your car
- 5: Get up earlier
- 6: Sketch your relatives - it's better than photos
- 7: Treasure your precious human body
- 8: Go on an archaeological dig
- 9: Write a letter to your future self
- 10: Don't confuse affluence with well-being
- 11: Memorize a poem
- 12: Ask a child for advice
- 13: Take part in a police line-up
- 14: Give up craving for recognition (and be admired for it)
- 15: Notice when things have improved
- 16: Go on holiday without leaving your bedroom
- 17: Practice random acts of kindness (and, if time permits, senseless acts of beauty)
- 18: Climb a mountain
- 19: Turn your house into a restaurant
- 20: Start a film society
- 21: Remember that making mistakes is part of being human
- 22: See the sun rise and set on a single summer's day
- 23: Get fit without joining a gym
- 24: Sit still until you see wildlife emerge
- 25: Contact a friend you haven't spoken to for years
- 26: Go cloud-spotting
- 27: Learn to meditate
- 28: Volunteer for something
- 29: Spend a day and night in a forest
- 30: Cherish older people
- 31: Reconsider your career
- 32: Enlarge your comfort zone
- 33: Achieve your ideal weight
- 34: Learn how to talk to strangers in public
- 35: Visit Project Gutenberg
- 36: Gather a meal from the wild
- 37: Learn another language
- 38: Invent a language
- 39: Pretend you are a Valet For HumanityT
- 40: Go busking
- 41: Start a book in which to record things that have really, really made you laugh
- 42: Go somewhere outdoors that is very silent
- 43: Make Christmas presents for your whole family one year
- 44: Give something up
- 45: Cheer up lonely men in public places
- 46: Swap your CDs
- 47: Adopt or invent a personal motto
- 48: Support your local eccentric
- 49: Become a freegan
- 50: Swim in the sea
- 51: Get to know your neighbours
- 52: Act without expecting anything back
- 53: Deliver meals on wheels
- 54: Look for glue
- 55: Send a message in a bottle
- 56: Have an eco-friendly bonfire
- 57: Attempt a world record
- 58: Walk in the rain
- 59: Give away free trees
- 60: Do a sponsored parachute/bungee jump
- 61: Perform
- 62: Cycle 100 miles in a day
- 63: Serenade someone
- 64: Reflect on something you're grateful for
- 65: Cook and eat a nine-course meal
- 66: Write a love letter
- 67: Create a lair
- 68: Notice beauty
- 69: Let go of emotional pain
- 70: Write down your parents' or grandparents' stories
- 71: Look at your day-to-day concerns from the point of view of five years from now
- 72: Fan the flames of desire
- 73: Contemplate imperfection and impermanence as forms of beauty
- 74: Join a gardening scheme where only your labour is required
- 75: Laugh in the face of death
- 76: Train your memory
- 77: Accept 'the full catastrophe'
- 78: Write the first sentence of a novel
- 79: Cherish solitude (Sister Wendy does)
- 80: Get your friends to sponsor you to go to Spain and celebrate La Tomatina
- 81: Embarrass your children/teenagers
- 82: Work a room
- 83: Confront people politely
- 84: Learn a trick
- 85: Be a representative of your country, in your country
- 86: Try lucid dreaming
- 87: Come to terms with ageing
- 88: Be a bookcrosser
- 89: Teach a child something fun
- 90: Make your gratitude less perfunctory
- 91: Give away your superfluous possessions
- 92: Grow huge sunflowers
- 93: Smile
- 94: Go bell-ringing
- 95: Form a debating club
- 96: Take your shoes off and walk in the dew on a sunny morning
- 97: Dress up
- 98: Give up your TV
- 99: Be 'Lord' for a day
- 100: Write fewer emails and more letters
- 101: Don't expect that things will be different in Tenerife
- 102: Find out what's happening near you and join in
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