Try! 35 Ideas For Doing Something New & Different In Your Life

After posting “Five Reasons Why Trying Something New Will Change Your Life,” here on Medium, I received many requests for suggestions of “new things.” The following list is just a starting point for anyone looking to move outside their comfort zone and trying something new or different.

Sure, many of you will have already experienced some of the suggestions on this list, but the idea here is to get you thinking — a starting point. Others may find a dozen or more items on this list as great ideas. So find something here that might stimulate you and get you started.

1. Take a class on a subject unrelated to your career, community, or family — something you’ve always been interested in, but never made the time to pursue.
2. Go to a new restaurant, preferably an ethnic restaurant and try something different on the menu.
3. Take a yoga class, if you’ve never done.
4. Meditate.
5. Get a massage. It surprises me as how many people I meet, mostly men, who have never had a professional relaxing or therapuetic massage.
6. Go to work differently: ride your bike, walk, take a train, use Uber or carpool.
7. Cook something at home you’ve never tried.
8. Learn to play an…