(1/∞) The last time you ever did something for the first time

John Bejakovic

Dec '25 (edited) • General discussion

My friend Marci has a note on his phone that's titled:

"The last time I did something for the first time"

In this note go things he's done for the first time, plus the date that he did it. A few PG-rated examples:

March 2. First time eating jelly fish

March 8. First time going to midget boxing

March 10. Swimming with a million sardines

June 7. Pickleball

June 19. First time I tried an electric bike

August 23. First time I saw a Lamborgini Countach

It's a great habit to keep track of this, and something I started doing also.

Not only does keeping track of this make life more interesting, both during (encourages you to try new stuff, like eating jelly fish) and after (helps you remember that your life is indeed rich, or richer than you think)...

... but it's useful if you are trying to use your email list to pay for a house.

As Samuel Johnson said back in the 18th century:

"Novelty, great novelty, is the soul of an email newsletter"

(I mean, it's called a NEWS-letter...)

"Great novelty" doesn't mean you have to have something tremendously important to share, just as long as it's new.

So let's play a game.

What's the last time you ever tried... a new drink?

I'll go first to give you an idea.

Last week I went into a Mexican restaurant around the corner from my new apartment.

I didn't feel like drinking beer. So I ordered something called an agua fresca. There were different flavors (I had tried a few previously), but this time I chose pineapple, for the first time ever.

I don't know what an agua fresca de piña is made from, and I probably don't wanna know (water, sugar, and artificial pineapple flavoring?). But it was delicious.

And had I not been thinking right now about the last time I ever tried something for the first time, specifically a drink... odds are this experience would have disappeared into the darkness of the past.

Now your turn? Comment below and share the last time you tried a drink for the first time?

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