Happy Tuesday! We have another video today. (This won’t be the case every day; it just worked out that way this week.)

Extra Stuff

• Read: Tinker, the original post Jason wrote on this subject.
• Read: How the Tiniest of Improvements Can Have the Biggest Impact, a neat post from 99u.com about how small gains add up over time to a massive win
• Explore: HelloMyNameIsScott.com, the website of my friend who wears a nametag every day!
• Ebook: Tinker: 20 Tiny Ways to Make Life More Amazing, a cool project Jason did with Snippet that goes into this theme of tinkering even deeper. (Sells for $1.99, but if you want it, use the coupon code esclab to get 50% off.)

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Facebook Group
Don’t forget, you are invited to join a special Facebook group called the Escape Adulthood League. We originally created it for people who attended an Escape Adulthood Summit. It has blossomed into an amazingly vibrant group of like-minded people infused with a sense of community, sharing, and silliness. It’s a swell chance to stay connected with other people who “get” you! Check it out and request an invite here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/425679444132269/

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Today, share a time in your life when you did something small that ended up turning into a big ball of awesome.

(And don’t forget to keep recording your daily “must be nice” in your Adventure Journal!)

What’s your Tinker success story? Share it below!

This is exciting! We are so pumped that this day has finally arrived – the kickoff to the very first Escape Lab!

You should have received your Treasure Box by now, and we hope you’ve had a chance to enjoy the contents. We also hope you’ve left the secret parts secret. :) Every week day, we will be posting SOMETHING. It might be something to watch, something to read, or something to do. We plan on starting off each week with a video, so without further ado, let’s dive right in…

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Today’s theme was inspired by a post Jason wrote last summer. Too often we use the term “must be nice” in a negative way, usually to discount the accomplishments of others or to rationalize why we might not be further along or more successful than we wish we were. The truth is that we ALL have a “must be nice”…quite a few, actually. Our aim is that maybe we can turn this phrase around into a positive, both to celebrate the blessings in our own lives as well as the successes in others (Mudita!) May the coffee mug that we shipped you serve as a reminder to rejoice in your own “must be nice.”

Extra Stuff

• Read: Must Be Nice, the original post Jason wrote on this subject.
• Read: Mudita, the opposite of schadenfreude

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Facebook Group
You are cordially invited to join a special Facebook group called the Escape Adulthood League. We originally created it for people who attended an Escape Adulthood Summit. It has blossomed into an amazingly vibrant group of like-minded people infused with a sense of community, sharing, and silliness. It’s a swell chance to stay connected with other people who “get” you! Check it out and request an invite here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/425679444132269/

Photo Uploads
Some folks have had challenges in uploading photos in the comment section. Most likely, that’s because there are file size limits on photos that can be uploaded (We only have so much space on our server!) In order to address this, we changed the setting from 500 kilobytes to 1 megabyte, effectively doubling the size that can be accepted. That should help most of you. In addition, if you need to make your pictures smaller, and you don’t know how to do it with software on your computer, there is a neat website that you can use. It’s free and easy, just follow the instructions: http://www.shrinkpictures.com

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Your challenge is to record at least one “Must Be Nice” every day over the course of this Lab. You can jot them down in your Adventure Journal, or if you want to share them on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media platform, feel free to use the hashtag #mustbenice

What’s your “Must Be Nice” for today? Share it below!