Silas Hagerty, 25, filmmaker and gift economy participant

I would highly recommend rocking up to a 10 day Vipassana Meditation course. I'd never meditated [before taking one] and it was unreal. It was the 10 days of my life. You can check it out and sign up for a course here Dharma.org. It's hardcore and it's free.

I would also highly recommend you get a profile on Couchsurfing and start exploring. It is so cool and its also free.

Be sure to check the website Conversations. My buddy Nipun recently started this site. It's a great group of cats. They are looking to capture empowering conversations and they've got a solid posse of people now starting to hit the streets with audio recorders and some presence.

Oh and I've found that when I start giving things away it always makes things better. The intelligent way to be selfish is to serve others. So maybe give some stuff away. Lighten the load.

Silas Hagerty heads Smooth Feather Productions, which is fully part of the gift economy. They are a posse of wonderful filmmakers who do small things on a 100% volunteer basis.