How To Awaken From Hibernation
By Sophia Benoit
Spring has arrived. Here are some tips for shaking off winter’s grip…
Change your signature scent. (But you can’t have LAVANDE 31, it’s mine).
Sit alone in a hot tub under the stars on a crisp night.
Scream over music at an all night disco party, and then thrill at the sound of your hoarseness the next day.
Watch an old home movie of yourself as a kid. Grow nostalgic for the sound of your laughter.
Wake up early to drive a friend to the airport, only to be rewarded with a sunrise, birdsong and returning home to a quiet house.
Flip through the pages of the diary you kept your sophomore year of college.
Put the top down in a convertible in the spring rain.
Get really good at racquetball and make it your personality for four months.
Graze the hand of your crush at an outdoor movie in front of your mutual friends.
Dig your hands into the soft earth and plant an herb garden. Ritual is its own reward.
Sit in the sunshine on your back steps and listen to children playing.
Get horrible blisters from the expensive new shoes you bought. Still refuse to give up on them.
Relish the meditative buzz of a tattoo gun.
Hold a kitten. Sometimes you just need to be reminded of the impossible softness and newness of a baby animal.
