How to throw a rave inside your brain . . .
:: Talk to a geek, compulsive collector, specialist or master crafter. Ask them why they love what they love, and how they learned what they learned. (Brace yourself for the torrent of enthusiasm.)
:: See. Art. Every. Day.
:: Stick to your guns. But fill ‘em with those “Bang!” flags, not bullets.
:: Order the drink in the keepsake glass, shaped like a carved Tiki head. With extra pineapple.
:: Open your eyes when you’re kissing.
:: Buy an inversion table, or fitness ball, or prostrate yourself over the edge of a bed. Spend a few minutes, each day, upside down.
:: Play with power.
:: Send your best friend some cash, through PayPal. And ask them to mail you a small present, every day, for a week. Reciprocate.
:: Sprinkle edible glitter on vanilla ice cream. Put on Depeche Mode. Lie outside on a faux fur blanket, at midnight. Forget everything.
:: Stop pushing. Forced output reeks of neediness. Radiate & receive.
:: Keep a box of glo-sticks in your kitchen cupboard and a bottle of sparkling wine in your fridge, at all times. Just in case.
:: Adorn yourself with sacred geometric symbols. Hearts, stars, Necker cubes, polygons, mandalas, Venn diagrams, equilateral triangles. Symmetry is stunning.
:: Call an ex-lover to apologize — but not to seek forgiveness (there’s a difference.)
:: Enter a sweepstakes contest. Cross your toes.
:: Create a series of email filters that immediately archives every e-newsletter you receive. Keep it on for a month, or more. See if you missed much.
:: Be easily amused. (You’ll be more amusing.)
:: Hold your life with the highest degree of respect. Don’t be careless with your body, or mind. Or anyone else’s.
:: Dress the part.
:: Throw your own damn party.
:: Ask your 10 closest humans to record a short mp3 for you, telling you why you’re extraordinary, beautiful, brilliant & worthy. Burn a CD. Listen to it every day, for a week. Think of it as an aural vitamin supplement, for your soul.
:: Develop a signature sign-off. Like :: before your initials. Or xo! before your name. Or a quote that encapsulates you, perfectly.
:: Install Rapportive for your inbox. See who you’re talking to.
:: Ladies . . . go to a hardcore industrial-electro show, full of shirtless, raging, dredlocked men. Mosh.
:: Gentlemen . . . go to a gay bar, full of sparkly, shimmery, bedazzling drag queens. Dance.
:: Children . . . interview a veteran. (Of anything.)
:: Everyone . . . REFUSE to engage in small talk. Change the subject. Or remain impetuously silent.
:: If you’re a writer, go to a comedy show. If you’re a comic, go to the library. If you’re a painter, go get your nails done. If you’re a nail technician, go to a gallery.
:: Lock eyes, not iPhones.
:: Dress in monochromatic colors. All yellow on Tuesday. All silver on Wednesday. Thursdays are hot pink. Friday is black.
:: Buy something bewildering. Like a jar of Mastic Gum Preserve.
:: Remember that people want to help you.
:: Remove all electronics from your bedroom. Blinky lights and Electro Magnetic Fields (EMF) can interfere with your REM cycles.
:: March in a gay pride parade, regardless of your orientation. Pageantry is good for the complexion.
:: Try not to kill spiders. Remember Charlotte’s Web.
:: Create a future resume. Send it to your future self.
:: Resist the urge to monetize everything.
:: Give away every article of clothing that makes you feel less than spectacular, even if it means you’re left with one great pair of jeans, a collection of Slayer t-shirts, and some fingerless gloves. Re-curate your wardrobe, slowly & thoughtfully, from a place of space.
:: Read your horoscope like it’s your job.
:: Go to church, just for the ambience.
:: When someone you trust tells you to double your rates – believe them.
:: Tell the truth tell the truth tell the truth tell the truth tell the truth.
:: Try to transcend transactional behavior. It’s probably impossible & wholly unrealistic. But strive.
:: Keep your mind in the gutter (it’s fun down there.)
:: Spend an extra $1.75 to buy the brand of jam that you really like. The one that’s not on special. With the big chunks of strawberries.
:: Be a mentor. Immediately.
Pretty ladies drawn by Aurora Armijo, who is utterly entrancing and sweeter than you ever thought a humanoid could be. Oh, and she wants to draw your picture.
You had me at Depeche Mode…
Best horoscopes ever: http://freewillastrology.com/
I always have black Fridays! I like to think it’s my own secret joke. I wrote a letter to myself when I was 17 and sent it into the future via future me to read on my 21st birthday. It was so awesome to receive it :)
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I just adore you.
I’ve slowly been revolutionizing my wardrobe – kicking out everything that sucks.
It’s a wonderful feeling.
Great post! I love this: :: Dress in monochromatic colors. All yellow on Tuesday. All silver on Wednesday. Thursdays are hot pink. Friday is black.
You can also have days when you only eat pink food. or yellow. or blue (<- this is a hard one).
I'm sad to see your toolbox go, but I'm excited to follow what else you've got up your sleeve! :D
I love this list…just love it! I’m totally there with easy amusement and looking at eyes :)
I am all over this list!
Oh yes, yes…..this made my day!
I was sitting and wondering how I was going to take over the world today (b/c I feel lousy, sick, blech oh sorry I’ll clean that up)
And your post reminded me I don’t have to take over the world today, just eat some edible glitter, rock out to depeche mode and hang upside down while my symetrical jewelry dances around my head.
Although the world may need a coat of paint so I think I will don some colored glasses not rose probably purple or green and view the world in the colors I am planing to paint it when I feel well enough to in fact take over the world.
So thanks for pep- list !!!
Have a fantabulous day filled with glitter, unicorns, intangible moments and art….
-the future leader of the purple world!
Love the one about doubling rates. Two people whom I trust very must told me to, so I did. It was more nerve wracking that I thought. I’m doing my best to quiet the voices in my mind that worry I won’t have as many clients, but I know it will be worth it in the end!
You just gave me multiple mental orgasms! :D Love this!
I cannot wait for the Velocity session on the 24th!
GENNA :: You are my Scottish Jesus!
KAT :: Those ‘scopes always go over my head. Esoteric to the max.
ANNA :: Future letters are so “now.”
J :: Kicking everything that sucks — clothing-wise, and otherwise — is fierce.
MARTHE :: Please don’t exclusively eat blue food. I’m afraid for your organs.
JEN :: Eyes! Eyes! I’m obsessed.
ANASTASIA :: Your avatar appears to be a small child, which makes your comment seem very precocious. :D
MEG :: I don’t know what the “purple world” is, but I’m pretty sure I want to live in it.
SARAH :: Double-trouble, all the way.
SRI :: I feel like I should have a cigarette . . .
best damn list I ever read on the internet!! HELL YES!!
This is an amazing list. Very energizing.
I’m off to read the my horoscope.
Love the pics. Love the suggestions. Definitely going to do some.
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I love this, its a big beautiful sparkly
YES.
It’s funny how some of the above mentioned have happened in my little life <3 !
I love this. Just like the Jam suggestion – I spent years buying the cheapest shower gel I could find but for that extra £1 every.. 2 months or so – I can get a lime one that makes me go “WOW I AM SO AWAKE AND I FEEL EPIC”. I totally recommend changing your shower gel flavour/scent if you find mornings hard to handle. My current one smells like Jelly Babies. Seriously. It’s amazing.
P.S. Depeche Mode rawk.