Happy first day of Spring! March 20 marks the Spring Equinox and if the warmth of the sun rays today showed us anything, it was that the calendar and the earth have finally connected via speed dial and coordinated their outfits.
Spring is, of course, a time associated with fresh starts, rebirth, blossoms, and joy. But this so often is spring “in theory,” “in the ideal greeting card world,” “in warm-weather latitudes.” When the rains come, all too often with exams and papers in accompaniment, it is easy to get a little down. In order to motivate myself (GRADUATION IS ALMOST HERE!), I’ve made a list of tasks and skills I want to accomplish or at least take a stab at to remind me that spring has sprung and that there’s no better time to discover, learn, and live.
(Feel free to steal some of these bullet points for your own Spring 2016 bucket list! Or add to my list in the comments below!)
- Visit the UMich Botanical Gardens
- Sneak into an East Quad music practice room and learn how to play this on the piano.
- Write a few of my favorite quotes on paper with a purple calligraphy pen, and have them framed.
- Attend a Swing Ann Arbor event.
- Participate in National Poetry Month (30 days of April, 30 poems!)
- Contribute something to the chalk wall at Mash
- Explore Detroit (if you have any recommendations, let me know!)
- Buy flowers at the Saturday morning Farmers Market
- Start sending more snail-mail letters to friends.
- Ummm…find a job for next year!!!
- Enjoy every day as it comes and make the most of it.
What will you do this spring?
