Tuesday, June 17, 2014

30 Alternative Things To Do This Summer


  1. Lock yourself in your room all day and only listen to classical music. 
  2. Paint on whatever surface you can: canvas, paper bags, fabric, people.  
  3. Visit Woodstock and celebrate their anniversary.  
  4. Go on a road trip with only $10 in your pocket.  
  5. Spend an entire week only wearing thrift store clothes. 
  6. Plan a trip to India. Start saving for it.  
  7. Learn a new language. 
  8. Start your memoir.  
  9. Dye your hair blue.  
  10. Meditate for hours. 
  11. Try a new type of body oil or incense.  
  12. Grow a small garden.  
  13. Talk a walk all night with your partner. When the sun rises, stop in a cafe for breakfast. 
  14. Read a book that has been lying around your house gathering dust.
  15. Rearrange your house. 
  16. Go for a walk. Whatever you find (as long as it isn't alive), make a brooch or necklace out of it. 
  17. Dance. Doesn't matter if there's music. 
  18. Write small poems and stick them in public areas for people to find. 
  19. Visit a street festival. 
  20. Paint each of your nails a different color. 
  21. Find 5 new music artists. 
  22. Go to a thrift store and use paint, scissors, and whatever else to redo your finds.  
  23. Pick a country (not the U.S) and find 3 films to watch that originated in that country. 
  24. Yarnbomb a tree. Or two.  
  25. Stay up all night and sleep in for most of the day.  
  26. Learn to play a new instrument.  
  27. Park your car far away from civilization and watch the stars. 
  28. Find a random stack of vinyls at a vintage store and play them.  
  29. Find ten fancy outdated words in the dictionary and start using them. 
  30. Eat only one type of food all day (chocolate, dairy, fruit, etc.)


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