100 days left to save the year
The annual question of our generation is finding a good way to spend it. like maybe?
According to my sources (a shitposting Instagram account followed by a cursory Google search) there are only 100 days left in 2024.
For those following along at home this year has truly been the best of times (eras tour) and the worst of times (redundancy era), and as Spring draws closer - as you can probably tell by the sudden reemergence of cum trees in Melbourne - I am wondering what we can do to make this year end on a high note?
I consider myself a sunny nihilist, I believe that the world is shit but we should be good to one another and make our own fun while we are on this fucked plane of existence.
So how can we make our own fun?
Make a batch of cookies, specifically this recipe that I have been using since I was 9.
Listen to Olivia Dean’s cover of Can’t Hurry Love while you get ready in the morning. It is instant serotonin and it will make you feel like you are the main character in a rom com (a never ending goal of mine).
Sit in a park and read a book. So simple yet so fucking effective. And if you are in the market for a recommendation please do yourself a favour and read Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter.
Get a rag tag group of friends together and go to karaoke, or better yet, host karaoke at one of your houses (how on earth is karaoke $25 per person an hour minimum like that is a fucking larceny).
Spend your time at Mecca smelling perfumes and try to find a scent that makes you feel like you’re home.
Host a dinner party! Bonus points for a theme!
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Do a deep clean while disassociating to an audiobook.
Print off images you’ve saved on Pinterest and create a mini Pinterest board in your scrapbook.
Eat potato cakes with chicken salt.
Listen to Gracie Abrams’ unreleased song In Between.
Snuggle with a Miffy.
Look through your camera roll while listening to Vienna by Billy Joel.
Go to a photo booth with your friends.
Back to karaoke, do it in the day time. Karaoke shouldn’t be relegated to the nighttime.
Watch this video essay on The Hunger Games
Buy a Sonny Angel. Pray its not a robby.
Play on Stardoll.
Make rigatoni alla vodka, but not Gigi Hadid’s recipe, grossy pelosi’s one is far better.
Do a lobotomy keychain night.
Start going to libraries. Truly such a good third space to spend time in.
Rewatch Gilmore Girls.
Go down a rabbit hole on your favourite creators Pinterest (I did this with Martina Calvi the other week and was fed for hours).
Attend a Sonny Angel swap meet up. When I last went to one I made many adorable friends!
Go on an interstate trip if you can swing it! No need for all your travel to be international, Australia is pretty fucking sick and there is so much of it to see.
Read something by Emily Henry. I will never stop recommending this woman.
Another video essay recommendation;
Clean your water bottle, because odds if you are anything like me, you are you aren’t cleaning it enough.
Get your girlies together and scrapbook.
While on scrapbooking, put all of your scrapbooking tools in a toolbox like so;
Sell your old clothes on Depop and make room for a new wardrobe.
Start a Substack.
Plan outfits that you are actually excited to wear.
Make Julia Ostro’s white chocolate & rhubarb cake.
Jane Birken-ify your bag.
Go thrifting in the suburbs.
Get ice cream. Even if you’re lactose intolerant. Cop shitting yourself.
Create a wishlist collage.
Buy a print magazine.
Buy a print off Etsy, print it off and get it framed. A perfect way of refreshing your space on the cheap.
Start a book club. Seeing mine is one of the highlights of my month.
Watch When Harry Met Sally.
Make a decadent hot chocolate.
Try to get rush tickets to a musical.
Do a board game night.
Drink an orange wine.
If you live in Melbourne, get brunch at Bowery to Williamsburg.
Create a summer bucket list for all of the things you want to complete during the warmer months.
Instead of going out to get drinks with friends, get dessert instead.
Read How To End A Love Story by Yulin Kuang. Thank me later.
Make a stack of pancakes on the weekend.
Dye your hair a colour you have always wanted to. When in doubt, get it done at a hair training school.
Get lost in a gallery. Or speed through it. I am not going to dictate how long you spend looking at art.
Make a sticker sheet.
Do an orphans dinner party to make new friends.
Go to a market and buy some truly delicious produce.
Order a homemade lemonade if you see it on the menu.
Engage in parallel play with your friends.
Add all of your clothing to a wardrobe app.
Go to a local artists gig. There is so much local talent!!!
Forage in your garden for fresh flowers.
Create a Netgalley account and request ARC’s of upcoming books.
Partake in a trip to a country town.
Instead of a dinner party, do a brunch party!
If you’re in Sydney, eat the creme caramel from Pelligrino 2000.
Buy a Monchhichi!
Read a shitty hockey smut book. The funniest form of brain rot entertainment.
Take more pictures.
Listen to peace by Taylor Swift - it is her best song and I will hear nothing against it.
Paint a piece of furniture.
Go strawberry picking.
Sew something!
Find a really good podcast.
Start a podcast! (This suggestion is not for straight men).
Use the stickers you have been saving for a special occasion.
Time for another video essay recommendation:
Cry to the title track of Sabrina Carpenter’s emails i can’t send.
Eat some really good butter.
Get a cute lip balm. And actually use it.
Watch a bootleg of a Broadway musical.
Ascertain your go-to karaoke song.
Take a pottery class.
Get a new bra. I should probably take my own advice if I am being frank.
Listen to a new album in order.
Get furniture for free off marketplace and do a DIY job.
Post a stupid video on TikTok. Don’t be self conscious. Just fucking post it.
Make a zine.
Cook green curry from scratch.
Send your friend a letter.
Get a cute new mug.
Strike up a conversation with a stranger and make a new friend.
Buy glassware from an op shop.
Sing badly.
Go on a picnic.
Get a Sylvanian blind box.
Listen to your favourite movies soundtrack.
Only spend time with the people who fill your cup.
Knit something. Hell, learn how to knit (someone please teach me too).
Ask family members to tell you stories.
Hug your loved ones (consensually).
Wear more colour.
Hope you enjoy this list of 100 ways to make every day a bit brighter.
Honestly, if I could do just one of these things a day, it would make the rest of my year great! Loved this read x