50 Things To Do Before Summer Ends...

30 August 2012, 13:40

50 Things To Do Before Summer Ends

Photo by Made U Look.


I don’t mean to alarm you, but summer is on its way out. The mornings are cooler, the days are getting shorter, & the urge to buy cardigans with heart-shaped patches on the elbow is at an all-time high! (Wait, maybe that’s just me!)

Whether you’re looking forward to layering up & embracing the fall or not, make the most of your summer! Here’s a list of 50 things to do before summer ends. I wrote it years ago, but it’s still relevant!

<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!

(My antipodean darlings! I have not forgotten about you! The winter list is coming tomorrow!)


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