Commit your life to something. Could be anything. It’s more fun if it’s something that matters. Or someone.

Learn about it. Or them. I mean learn. Details, subtleties. Favorite time of day. Batting average. History of the development of the scholarship. Not because it’s impressive, just because you love to know.

Conform your life to it. Change your schedule to coincide with when all of the episodes are going to be shown. Don’t just buy the t-shirt, build the muscles that make the t-shirt bulge. Make real choices.

Notice someone who seems interested to talk with you more. It’ll be tempting to interest everyone. But you know that not everyone is. So why waste time trying to convince someone. Instead, look for someone who has the same curiosity or desperation you had, back when we started this post.

Explain what you know. Forget understanding everything. Talk about what you do understand, not as an expert, but as a committed learner. Explain what you learned by screwing up.

Spend time together. Invite them to go to the hardware store with you to watch how you make choices about money and about what projects can help other people. Invite them to go to the movies with you to watch how you make choices about content. Invite them to just sit quietly, unentertained. Invite them to go to the grocery store and the bank. Just like parents do with kids.

Share your reading patterns on Facebook. I used to think it foolish the way people shared the articles they read (Yahoo), the music they listen to (Spotify), the videos they watch. I thought, “do you really want us to see that?” And then I realized that’s a great way to help your followers understand you.

Watch when they start through this list, too. 

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