Post by Global Admin on Sept 12, 2015 16:15:22 GMT -5
Feeding our curiosity enriches our lives. If you're naturally curious, your thoughts probably lean more toward looking forward to things rather than dwelling on the past. You're probably have less fear of the unknown than you do an interest in stepping into it. Curiosity can be expanded in many ways. Here are a few:
~ Once per month, pick out a random country or culture and either cook at home or go out to a restaurant where you can taste a meal native to that country or culture.
~ Take a half-hour every few days to read, watch, or participate in learning about an interest that you haven't taken time to explore before.
~ Attend a cultural event different from your own culture.
~ Visit a new city at least once per year.
~ Pay closer attention to small things that happen in nature. For example, watch how a spider in your backyard weaves its web, watch a crab as it walks along the beach, or quietly watch a toddler explore new ways to play.
~ Test yourself to find a limit to your current physical fitness or mental focus. For example, for physical limits, see how many push-ups you can do within one minute or how long you can stand on one leg at a time. For mental limits, you might test how long you can go without speaking or how long you can sit still and focus on a single point on the wall. DON'T HURT YOURSELF doing anything like this. Use good sense. The goal is to know exactly what your capable of doing in specific ways, and maybe to even practice pushing beyond your current limits over time.
~ Ask a friend about what kind of changes he or she would make in the world if he or she had that ultimate power. Share what your version of the world would be like as well.
~ Read one book per month on a topic completely different than other topics you've read about. For example, you might read a book about George Washington one month, African lions another month, and famous haunted houses after that. The more diverse, the more expanded your mind becomes.
~ Once per month, pick out a random country or culture and either cook at home or go out to a restaurant where you can taste a meal native to that country or culture.
~ Take a half-hour every few days to read, watch, or participate in learning about an interest that you haven't taken time to explore before.
~ Attend a cultural event different from your own culture.
~ Visit a new city at least once per year.
~ Pay closer attention to small things that happen in nature. For example, watch how a spider in your backyard weaves its web, watch a crab as it walks along the beach, or quietly watch a toddler explore new ways to play.
~ Test yourself to find a limit to your current physical fitness or mental focus. For example, for physical limits, see how many push-ups you can do within one minute or how long you can stand on one leg at a time. For mental limits, you might test how long you can go without speaking or how long you can sit still and focus on a single point on the wall. DON'T HURT YOURSELF doing anything like this. Use good sense. The goal is to know exactly what your capable of doing in specific ways, and maybe to even practice pushing beyond your current limits over time.
~ Ask a friend about what kind of changes he or she would make in the world if he or she had that ultimate power. Share what your version of the world would be like as well.
~ Read one book per month on a topic completely different than other topics you've read about. For example, you might read a book about George Washington one month, African lions another month, and famous haunted houses after that. The more diverse, the more expanded your mind becomes.