Lesson #4: Look through your storage room

 Today I decided to go through my storage. We have it tucked away in the basement. We have numerous cardboard boxes stacked on containers. We have numerous black cables, opaque plastic containers, kitchenware, old brown furniture, etc. However, a bright green plastic box sitting lazily on the top shelf of a shelf caught my attention. The green-ness of the box was especially apparent due to the brown dull background of the storage section of our basement.

What was in a box? I curiously opened the container, and it was a drone. Not any drone though, this drone was sick. Four blades, looked stealthy, had a sick camera feature and a VR mode where you can attack it to your phone. I never remembered having one, but I immediately wanted to try it out.

I gotta say, for the next few hours, I had so much fun with the drone. I flew across my neighborhood while wearing the VR set attached to my phone. It was like seeing a movie in front of my eyes. It took some time to get used to, but damn I had so much fun.

What did I learn? It's a very simple lesson. Go through your old stuff, your storage room, unknown containers, etc, and just see what's inside. You never know what you can find.

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