Feeling bored? Does the hot weather have you lethargic & listless? Try keeping yourself occupied with one (or several) of the following!
Buy a stack of old
MAD magazines from a second-hand bookshop & read them in the sun
Take lots of photos of you & your friends enjoying the weather
Wear something totally inappropriate & go dancing
Drink cocktails & listen to Duffy
Make at least one new friend
Lie in bed in the morning, with the windows open & good music playing loudly
Take an outdoor yoga class
Eat black cherries
Flirt with someone of the same sex
Have a picnic in a tree
Buy an inflatable paddling pool, lie in it & take self-portraits
Take a dog for a walk (if you don’t have one, borrow someone else’s!)
Trust your intuition
Climb on a jungle-gym
Explore a new area — even if it’s just another neighbourhood
Kiss someone new
Choose a project to start working on over winter
Get a deluxe spa pedicure
Buy a hula-hoop & start using it!
Throw a party in celebration of how fabulous you are
Go to the beach & build a sand-castle
Stock up on jangly bracelets at a flea market
Start a journal
Have a slumber party with a friend & go out for breakfast in the morning
Go to a rooftop party
Learn some words in another language
Make some choices which make you nervous
Go for a bike ride with your best friend
Get a massage which makes you feel as if your body’s melting
Buy a fabulous sun-hat
Visit the tourist attractions in your own city
Hack up an old pair of jeans into shorts
Have an Elton John singalong (
BYO crazy glasses)
Learn to appreciate good guitar players
Do something that your parents or friends disapprove of
Take the vacation days you have owing
Take an art class
Spend some quality alone time in saucy underwear
Carry a tiny water-gun in your purse
Go skinny-dipping
Start to believe that you can truly have whatever you want
Make a commitment to wearing heels at least one day a week
Try every different bottled iced tea at your local shop
Lie around in the grass with your sunglasses & a pair of headphones on
Go roller-skating
Take a flower-arranging class
Keep a secret
Swear off drama
Reconnect with your old friends
Read this & be inspired!
