You build for tomorrow to leave something behind of yourself. The tree you planted, the painting you made, the building you built. They are parts of oneself that remain after our alloted time passes.

Others may disagree with this one but find someone close to you that you can do a low power simplex with. Work a couple times back and forth with them. This eliminates the repeater which you could be too far from.

Do you know how far from the repeater you are?