STUPENDOUS SEPTEMBER!

Back to school, back to basics, back to brilliance.

There’s a crackle of electricity in the air. And just a tinge of mania.
‘Tis the season to crack open a fresh book, find a paradigm-shifting mentor, revamp + rewire …
or simply try something new, for the sheer pleasure of intellect-sharpening.

If you need a little rut-breaking, risk-taking, heart-shaking inspiration, here’s my GO-list.
Get into it.

22 playful + productive + passion-stoking things to do, this September.

ϟ Craft a pristine + precise personal introduction, once + for all. Test it out on a gathering of toddlers. If they’re confused about what you do, most grown-ups will be, too.

ϟ Choose not to agonize about the shape or weight of your body for a month (trust me, you’re gorgeous) and instead, focus on something simple + non-angsty. Declare September to be the month of Excellent Posture! Or Adequate Hydration! Or Lustrous, Well-Conditioned Locks!

ϟ Ask yourself, “What am I bored of?” Let the answer guide you into thoroughly un-boring turf.

ϟ Be complicated. And don’t apologize about it.

ϟ Get a library card, already.

ϟ Find your Life Theme — and your Final-Breath Battle Cry.

ϟ Prowl through every last page of your website or blog and hunt for out-dated + inaccurate anachronisms (“Coming soon — in summer 2003!”). Clean up + shine.

ϟ Use A Better Queue to find streaming Netflix movies that match your interests + genre preferences! Foreign Romantic Sci-Fi Thriller, anyone?

ϟ Thank — really thank — your hardworking local barista. Then give them $5 and ask them to ‘surprise’ you, with a signature concoction.

ϟ Awaken your inner business adviser – that sagacious, centered voice that never leads you astray. Register for a free introductory lesson on September 7th, with the magnificent Hiro Boga.
Prepare to astonish … yourself.

ϟ Plot out your entire 2013 — and experiment with scheduling WIDE-OPEN days, weeks or months for personal passion projects (or unexpected magic).

ϟ Acquire a piece of luxe body armor. How very Joan of Arc!

ϟ Shake up your undergarment routine with a pair of POSITIVE PANTIES! Oh yes!
The project is still in the early stages, but a little birdie tells me the shop will be full of feisty pantaloons very soon. (This is one of those bookmark-the-site-get-on-the-list kinda moments.)

ϟ Read Stephen Fry’s latest memoir installment, The Fry Chronicles. Keep a dictionary handy.
You’ll learn about 400 new words.

ϟ Write a really good, really true story. Y’know … about those crazy, amazing, touching and totally unbelievable-but-ordinary experiences that happen to you, every day. (Laurie Wagner’s Telling True Stories e-course is a perfect place to hone your craft. It all starts September 10th.)

ϟ Give $20 to a friend + ask them to mail it you, in six months time. (Snail mail is practically a mystical art, these days.)

ϟ Write a bonafide FAN LETTER to someone you admire. Gush away — but keep it classy.

ϟ Commission a professional portrait of yourself. I thoroughly recommend the immensely talented (and, in my opinion, far-too-cheaply-priced) Aurora Armijo.

ϟ Grab a gigantic fuschia pen + draw a heart around Fri, Feb 8th, 2013. That’s the first day of my first-ever CANADIAN writing workshop. It’ll be 3 days of winter wonderment, with guided wordsmithery (and yoga lessons!) in northern Alberta. Registration details coming in late September. Namast-yay!

ϟ Buy a pair of Jessica Swift’s glorious, disco-tastic rainboots. You’ll be supporting charity : water, when you do. Splish-splash!

ϟ Awaken your Wild Mind, talk to angels, and surf through reality with a spirit of curiosity + enchantment — in Amy Oscar’s Soul Caller Training. (I’m doing the program this September, and I can. not. wait. to begin…)

ϟ Commit a new mantra to memory. Reframe an old anxiety. Let it be secret + playful.

Need more-more-more? You might enjoy: 25 Thoroughly Un-Boring Things To Do, Be, Taste + Try.

Even MORE? Well, fine then! Peruse: 27 ways to be an (even) better person + practically levitate with awesomery.

And now, a brief word from our sponSOAR . . .

A holistic cosmetic surgeon + bestselling author walk into a bar. (Well — a virtual recording studio.) So, what do they talk about?

Fires, desires, soul, sustenance, beauty … and boys, of course. (What could be better?)

Earlier this year, Dr. Susan Mathison hosted a fascinating online event — The Beauty Freedom Summit.

18 perspectives from 18 different women on one universal topic — BEAUTY.

18 conversations on defining, creating + embodying beauty — without judging ourselves for loving what we love + wanting what we want.

HEAD OVER HERE + sign up to receive a free taste of the Summit — a fireside chat between Dr. Susan + the sublime Danielle LaPorte.

And, if you’re hungry for more, you can own the entire collection of Beauty Freedom Summit conversations — featuring dialogues with Baeth Davis, Kristi Frank, Forbes Riley, Fabienne Fredrickson + Vicki Irvin — for just $27. That’s a special ‘Friends of Franzen’ pricetag (the usual rate is $67).

CLICK HERE. Have a taste. Listen in. Here’s to a season of beautiful choices.