50 things to do before summer ends

- 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 (DONE)
- Wear something totally inappropriate & go dancing
- Drink cocktails & listen to Duffy
- Make at least one new friend (DONE)
- Lie in bed in the morning, with the windows open & good music playing loudly (DONE)
- Take an outdoor yoga class
- Eat black cherries (DONE)
- Flirt with someone of the same sex (DONE)
- 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 (DONE)
- Climb on a jungle-gym
- Explore a new area — even if it’s just another neighbourhood
- Kiss someone new (DONE)
- 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 (DONE)
- 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 (DONE)
- 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 (DONE)
- 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 (DONE)
- Make a commitment to wearing heels at least one day a week (DONE)
- Try every different bottled iced tea at your local shop
- Lie around in the grass with your sunglasses & a pair of headphones on (DONE)
- Go roller-skating
- Take a flower-arranging class
- Keep a secret
- Swear off drama (DONE)
- Reconnect with your old friends
- Read this & be inspired! (DONE)