Monday, July 23, 2012

What to do in the Summer????

Feeling bored? Does the hot weather have you lethargic & listless? Try keeping yourself occupied with one (or several) of the following!
<3 Buy a stack of old MAD magazines from a second-hand bookshop & read them in the sun
<3 Take lots of photos of you & your friends enjoying the weather
<3 Wear something totally inappropriate & go dancing
<3 Drink cocktails & listen to Duffy
<3 Make at least one new friend
<3 Lie in bed in the morning, with the windows open & good music playing loudly
<3 Take an outdoor yoga class
<3 Eat black cherries
<3 Flirt with someone of the same sex
<3 Have a picnic in a tree
<3 Buy an inflatable paddling pool, lie in it & take self-portraits
<3 Take a dog for a walk (if you don’t have one, borrow someone else’s!)
<3 Trust your intuition
<3 Climb on a jungle-gym
<3 Explore a new area — even if it’s just another neighbourhood
<3 Kiss someone new
<3 Choose a project to start working on over winter
<3 Get a deluxe spa pedicure
<3 Buy a hula-hoop & start using it!
<3 Throw a party in celebration of how fabulous you are
<3 Go to the beach & build a sand-castle
<3 Stock up on jangly bracelets at a flea market
<3 Start a journal
<3 Have a slumber party with a friend & go out for breakfast in the morning
<3 Go to a rooftop party
<3 Learn some words in another language
<3 Make some choices which make you nervous
<3 Go for a bike ride with your best friend
<3 Get a massage which makes you feel as if your body’s melting
<3 Buy a fabulous sun-hat
<3 Visit the tourist attractions in your own city
<3 Hack up an old pair of jeans into shorts
<3 Have an Elton John singalong (BYO crazy glasses)
<3 Learn to appreciate good guitar players
<3 Do something that your parents or friends disapprove of
<3 Take the vacation days you have owing
<3 Take an art class
<3 Spend some quality alone time in saucy underwear
<3 Carry a tiny water-gun in your purse
<3 Go skinny-dipping
<3 Start to believe that you can truly have whatever you want
<3 Make a commitment to wearing heels at least one day a week
<3 Try every different bottled iced tea at your local shop
<3 Lie around in the grass with your sunglasses & a pair of headphones on
<3 Go roller-skating
<3 Take a flower-arranging class
<3 Keep a secret
<3 Swear off drama
<3 Reconnect with your old friends
<3 Read this & be inspired!