Make a mess and call it art.
Do something once a day that makes you sweat.
Never answer the telephone. Send texts with striking irregularity.
Follow when someone says, “Come with me, I have things to show you.”
Invite friends to dinner but only serve cocktails.
Take chances, then let them change your life.
Plan illicit adventures.
Always leave a room better than you found it.
Midnight club dancing. Do it on a Wednesday.
Learn to look good when you wink.
Make a new friend- much older or younger- and invite yourself over to listen to their music.
Eat an awful lot of fruit.
Sleep at times you’d normally be awake.
Have a secret life mapped out so you’ll always feel you have somewhere else to go.
Order wine with your lunch.
Take a holiday but don’t tell anyone where you are going.
Talk less, kiss more. Obviously.
Do not open your laptop until January 5.
Write thank you’s to the people who have made a difference to your year.
Read a book start to finish all in one day.
Find new erogenous zones.
Wear the same salty t-shirt all summer long.
Take a risk on what may hurt you.
Laugh uncontrollably at the things you find really funny.
Send a festive card to someone you’d like to know.
When it rains, look for rainbows.
Consider that you will not look back on the mornings you woke up fresh and clean.
Break hearts daily but not on purpose.
Learn from the stories of old people.
Know that everything will work out, just maybe not today.
Send a stranger a drink from across the bar.
Don’t grow up, it’s a trap.
Be an adventurer.

An edit of Jess Blanch’s editor’s letter for Russh Magazine #61: The Pleasure Issue (December/January 2015). (via soph-evans)