Take a different route somewhere you already know. Go outside and photograph one thing you've never really noticed before. Walk into a bookstore and choose one book entirely by its cover. Listen to a song from a genre you rarely choose. Find somewhere beautiful to watch the sunset. Order or cook something you've never tried before. Look up tonight's moon phase and step outside to find it. Visit a place in your own town you've never been. Sit somewhere for ten minutes without trying to be productive. Follow one small thing that makes you curious today. Take a walk without deciding the route ahead of time. Notice five things that are your favorite color. Find the oldest thing within walking distance of where you are. Go somewhere you've passed many times but never entered. Try a coffee, tea, snack, or flavor you've never ordered before. Listen to an album from beginning to end without multitasking. Look up one constellation and see if you can find it tonight. Buy or pick one flower simply because you like it. Take yourself somewhere you've been waiting for someone else to suggest. Spend fifteen minutes in a library section you normally ignore. Notice something beautiful that no one else seems to be looking at. Ask someone what they've been excited about lately. Find a place nearby where you can see more sky. Choose one ordinary thing and look at it like you've never seen it before. Turn off your usual playlist and let someone else choose the music. Take one photo today only because the moment feels worth remembering. Learn one strange or beautiful fact about something you can see from where you're sitting. Go outside after dark and spend five minutes looking up. Do something you loved when you were younger, just for a few minutes. Let yourself follow a detour. Write down three things that made you pause today. Find a new place to sit and simply watch the world for a little while. Ask, βWhat would make today 5% more interesting?β Then do that. Look for one thing in nature that seems impossible when you really think about it. Find a local landmark or neighborhood you've never explored. Try something today without needing to be good at it. Read a poem you've never read before. Follow a recommendation you would normally scroll past. Notice where your attention keeps wandering. Follow it once. Do one small thing purely because it delights you.
A LITTLE MORE WONDER
Wander a Little
You don't always need a destination.
Sometimes curiosity is enough reason to go.
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YOUR INVITATION
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Follow one small thing that makes you curious today.
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No outcome required.
Just notice what happens when you follow your curiosity.
Just notice what happens when you follow your curiosity.
WHEN YOU COME BACK
What did you notice?
Did anything surprise you?
Make you smile?
Wake something up?
Make you smile?
Wake something up?
Wonder does not need to be useful to matter.
