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You may be bored because your life is a teensy bit dull. Ideas on how to change that this week.

3 min readSep 5, 2025

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I know what it’s like.

I choose comfort and safety because it feels right, but then there’s this gnawing sense that things could be a little…

Spicier.

Here are 14 ideas to spice up your life:

  1. Start a fight club (with yourself). Challenge yourself to something new every week. How about a boxing class, doing some cold calls, or even, dare I say it, asking someone out? There are so many options for new things to jump into.
  2. Become a regular somewhere unexpected. Try a bookshop, martial arts gym, spa, or pottery class. Build a second identity in a completely different world. See who you become friends with.
  3. Learn a skill that could get you paid (or laid): cooking, dancing, guitar, or stand-up comedy. These are skills that impress at parties and open doors you didn’t know existed.
  4. Take the scenic route. Drive a different route to work. Don’t tell anyone you’re on your own cheeky adventure. Walk through new neighbourhoods. Actually physically go to meetings instead of always Zooming. Distance creates stories.
  5. Say yes to every invitation for one month. Wedding of someone you barely know? Yes. Random work drinks…

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Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

Written by Alex Mathers

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