1) Have top player from alma mater decide to return for senior season. Watch highlight reel repeatedly.

2) Watch old movies that you have missed but you won’t mind seeing in a state of pain. I suggest American Graffiti and In Like Flint.

3) Ice cream.

4) Get great, short-run TV series that you’ve seen before. Watch all of it. I suggest Freaks and Geeks (don’t forget this part).

5) Vicodin.