Tuesday Tips: Go on Vacation

Last week my tip was you must read if you want to be a good writer.

This week my tip is you must live if you want to be a good writer.

Go on vacation, dammit. Do something new!

• Take a hot air balloon of helicopter ride.
• Rent a machine gun and have some lessons at the shooting range.
• Swim naked.
• Walk in the forest.
• Visit a place so different it's like an alien world.
• Travel to other countries.
• Eat the local food.
• Drive a really fast car.
• Eat pie at mom and pop diners in towns off the highway.
• Take photos and remember.
• Visit long unseen friends and ask them if they believe in ghosts.
• Walk in the rain.
• Explore ruins.
• See how the other half lives.
• Don't be an asshole while you're at it.
• Don't panic.