My 2022 Summer Bucket List

Hi readers! It’s been so long since my last blog post, I’m so sorry! April and May are always a crazy couple of months for me because of my two jobs. It’s a constant battle of balancing all aspects of my life, plus putting together the components of a dance concert, and prepping the dancers for show readiness. It’s all good fun, but very stressful. But I’m back and well rested for the summer!!

Summer is my favorite season of the year. Not only is my birthday in the summer, but the energy that summer brings is electric. It seems like everyone is excited for the longer days, warmer weather, days spent outdoors, and is ready to hang out. Of course, there’s the obstacle of staying healthy and not catching any viruses, but this summer feels different! I have so many things that I want to accomplish, and I hope to showcase a lot of it here.

Summer bucket list 2022

1. Make more time to hang out with my friends and family! With no dance practices over the summer, I have more time to coordinate dinners and hangs with my friends. I haven’t seen a lot of my friends in a while, and it would be so nice to catch up. I still have some Christmas gifts to hand out too – yikes! I’ve also been missing some family dinners due to over-working myself to exhaustion and not saving a day to myself. I’ve learned the importance of that over the last couple of months.
2. Decorate our home. This summer marks 1 year of moving in with my boyfriend to our one-bedroom home. I like to say that we have a muted color scheme going on with grays, white, black, and wooden accents. I’d love to introduce some indoor plants to the mix and brighten up the space with a little bit of decoration. It’s not a big area, but I think it could use some homey-ness (not a word, but you know what I mean).
3. Host a dinner with my friends. With the summer days being longer and weather being nice, I’d love to host an outdoor gathering with some of our closest friends. An outdoor dinner and drinks would be nice! Something calmer than a night out at a bar or club, but still lots of fun.
4. Find a healthy balance of exercise and diet. As someone who loves to try new foods and eat out, I actually missed cooking during April and May when I’d work 13 hour days, 5-6 days a week. I didn’t have a lot of time or energy to cook or exercise and I feel like my imbalanced diet resulted in bad breakouts on my face. I want to create a solid foundation of healthy habits to carry with me through my busy seasons! Like my previous post about creating habits, through these small changes I hope to become the person I aspire to be.
5. Take a dance class! As someone who teaches dance, I’m really lacking on the continuous learning myself. To be a better teacher to my students, I should also continue to learn and expand my knowledge. To be honest, I’ve been a bit nervous to jump back into classes because I’m out of dance shape! It’s a hump I need to get over, and I am slowly building up my courage by taking online dance classes first before stepping into a studio. It’s a mental thing, and I should take the leap!

If you know me, you know that I could probably write a much longer list of things I want to accomplish this summer. We’ll keep this list for now, and hopefully build a strong momentum to keep checking things off of my longer mental bucket list of things. What do you have planned for the summer? I’m so excited! I can already feel the strong energy and hype from everyone else.

Until next time!