The 5 Step Guide to becoming the “Most Interesting Man in the World” (Without drinking Dos Equis)
1) Find hobbies
Gob understands the importance of finding a hobby. Via: redstatebluestate.com
As simple as this sounds, you’d be surprised with the amount of people who lack hobbies all together. You have to understand, a hobby isn’t picking up a book once a month when you’re at the beach or going to play basketball just because someone happened to text you to go play. A hobby is something that you voluntarily have taken upon yourself to improve and engage in in your free time. Versatility is what makes us interesting people, my CURRENT hobbies include: Magic, investing in foreign exchange markets, working out and reading. These are things that I do everyday, things that if someone asked me what I learned today about these topics, I could name something new everyday. (Without drinking Dos Equis)
2.) Read something
The average starting salary for a student graduating from the University of Florida is $49,888. Half of what makes people interesting is what they have to say and if you’re the kid who has nothing to say because all you did was watch Breaking Bad on Netflix with your hand down your pants all day – well you’re SOL. Friends, teachers, future employers; these are all people who enjoy intelligent conversation, who enjoy learning. They’re not going to learn anything from you telling them about why you think Walt Jr. is the biggest vagina in that entire show, no, they want to hear something that they can tell their friends and family to make THEM sound like THEY’RE the most interesting person in the world. Be the source of that information.
3.) Be nonconventional
When you walk into my room, the very first thing I will say to you is, “Are you ready to have your mind blown?” I’ll then tell you to lay on my bed and look up at the ceiling where I’ll turn off the lights and have an array of glow in the dark constellations lighting up directly above you; a scene that has accurate representations of major constellations as if the ceiling were removed. Whilst in the midst of being completely mind-fucked, I’ll proceed to tell you all about where the constellation Taurus came from, it’s importance to Greek mythology and it’s relevance in today’s world. Paradigm shift: now people are soaking up the information and the stars are just a bonus. Nonconventional.
4.) Decide to care
If you were to ask me who my five best friends in college were right now, I could tell you almost anything and everything about them. What they would do in a situation, their favorite drink, what mom and dad do and whether or not they prefer crunchy or smooth peanut butter. I say “almost” because there are certain things that I know are surface level, things that people ask because they don’t care. “What’s your major?” “What frat are you in?” “Did you go to Salty last night?” “Did you hear about Megan?” No, I didn’t hear about Megan and I don’t even know who the fuck Megan is. The more I’m going out, the more I’m realizing I don’t care what your major is; but I do want to know what your favorite flavor of ice cream is. Because chances are, if I’m going to spend time with you, it won’t be discussing Nuclear Engineering, it will be over a fat chocolate ice cream cone at Sweetberries.
5.) Stop being afraid
Be yourself. If you want to squawk like a bird, go for it. If you want to study a language, cessez de parler de lui et allez le font. If you think someone is being rude, tell that person. If you don’t agree with something, voice your opinion.
“There are seven days in a week, and ‘someday’ is not one of them.”
Every single person in this world has the capabilities of being interesting. I didn’t pop out of the womb with more inclination to be interesting than you, so you have no excuse. Everybody has something that makes them unique, it’s just a matter of personal prowess to see how far you can push yourself to be as interesting as humanly possible considering the fact that….yes, we are all going to die one day. Act now.
“UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
-The Lorax
