Get the most out of your life
With the idea that in eight weeks we can toast to a new year at midnight again, I spontaneously get faster heartbeats. Where has time gone? Why does a year always pass by so bizarrely fast and how come I never manage to complete that to-do list I set for myself every year? Drama.
So I’m going to bring some change, because it’s time to still get the most out of 2017. My inspiration? Clipper tea. Definitely my favorite to plop down with on the couch during the autumn days, but they also challenge everyone to do just that: get everything out of your life. They’ve now come up with a campaign to get you out of your comfort zone (if you have a fear of heights): an Extremely High Tea. As in: in a hot air balloon in the UK. I know, I know, I want this too. And guess what: you can actually win it.
But okay, let’s go back to everything I promised myself last December to achieve this year. Everything on the list below still needs to be checked off in the coming eight weeks. The pressure is on, but I’m going to make it happen one way or another. Here they come:
1. Find Mr. Right. Or at least Mr. Right Now, so I’m not alone during the holidays again. You definitely have to these men date a lot before you meet your Prince Charming.
2. This is going to sound really weird, but I need to manage to arrive late somewhere at least once. I’m always early everywhere. But really often at least half an hour or a quarter of an hour. You could say it’s a good trait to always be early, but it can also be incredibly frustrating when you’re always just waiting. Like I said: weird, but I’m going to try it anyway.
3. Crap, Coachella is still on my list, but that’s going to be a little tricky since it’s not until April. Then I’ll just organize a sort of mini-festival on my own. After all, I have a new house in Amsterdam with a garden. Okay okay, I like this idea.
4. Maybe take a DJ course with our neighbors from Armada or David Lewis. I’ve crowned myself the DJ of Amayzine (DJ Elkeholic), so a few lessons can’t hurt.
5. My colleagues are also shouting: ‘Singing course!’ Within eleven weeks the voice of an angel, that’s doable, right?
6. Go through a drive-through on my bike. Hilarious.
7. I want to jump into a taxi with Kiek, who is known in our editorial office as taxi lover, and just point to a car and say: ‘Follow that car.’ So curious what goes through the driver’s mind.
8. Drink tea with Prince Harry and his girlfriend Meghan Markle in the British royal family because a. I was born in London myself and b. I love Suits. Seems clear to me.
9. Read the full terms of use once. Never done it in my life and it sounds anything but sexy, but hey, if it ever comes up, at least you can say you’ve done it once.
10. Up in the air then. With Clipper. Drinking tea up in the air in a hot air balloon over the UK. I have to. Okay, it might take place next year, but then you start the new year off right. And you can win this Clipper Extremely High Tea with your best friend. Just here click. And do it quickly, because the campaign runs until November 30.
Anyway, eight weeks then. Clipper challenges me to achieve all this in eight weeks. Bring it on.
