Life

Personally, I think living is pretty cool. Being alive, for however long a time, enters you into a privileged club. As Richard Dawkins says, "We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born."

If you're not having fun with life, you're squandering your precious privilege. Life is a proactive process. If you need some help getting the most out of your existence, here are three simple ideas that will spice things up a bit:

Run everywhere.
Running is a big winner. Little kids will do it for hours, so it's obviously fun. Plus, being in good running shape makes you less susceptible to death by nuclear bomb, hungry predators, or zombies. So the next time you're not even late for class, run there. Don't worry about social norms - sweat actually turns people on. Just run and feel good.

Make everything more exciting.
If something's boring, make it not boring. A good example of enacting this principle is what I like to call 'laundry heist', which I made up while living in the dorms. For this, the busier the laundry room, the better. All you have to do is wait patiently and inconspicuously while your laundry nears the end of its cycle in the dryer, and the moment it finishes you fling the door open and hurriedly pull all your clothes out like you're grabbing handfuls of cash out of a safe. It works best if you have one of those dorm-room laundry sacks with a shoulder-strap, so you can make your escape like you're Robert DeNiro in Heat.

Play games.
I'm always making up games. I can turn most anything into friendly competition, and as every good capitalist knows, competition is good (even if it's competition with yourself, or with someone who doesn't know they're competing). Racing is always a good one, and if often involves the aforementioned running. If you walk into a grocery store at the same time as someone else, see if you can get all your items and beat them back to the registers. The magic of this particular idea was once harnessed in a wildly popular game show. Or how about the next time you're in lecture, take notes with your eyes closed. This is an equally good game for handwriters like myself or laptoppers like everyone else in the world. If you can keep up with the professor, and then make sense of your notes come finals time, you win!