Author: Amanda Viviers

28. Volunteer somewhere.

I was talking to my cousin recently and she was telling me how she had just joined our local theatre group. She is nearly forty and starting a new volunteering activity at her age is such a brilliant opportunity.

One of the best ways to meet new people is by volunteering somewhere.

Doing something together is one of the best ways to make new friends.

Where can you volunteer?

• At a local soup kitchen.

• A theatre company.

• A library reading books to children.

• A sports team coaching.

• A church programme visiting the elderly.

• Go on a trip overseas helping in an orphanage.

The opportunities are endless.

Take time to enrol to volunteer in the community today; you never know who is hanging out just waiting for a new friend.

25. Talk to five strangers

It seems a little silly, but the hardest part to starting a conversation with a stranger is the first thirty seconds.

What if you just needed some practice at meeting new people?

What if a brilliant friendship was on the other side of all that awkwardness?

This is my September challenge for you today.

Go and find five strangers and start up a decent conversation.

I mean a conversation that is beyond shallow.

Start a conversation with strangers and make it less awkward to meet new and interesting people.

24. Dance around the house naked.

Okay, I am sure I have lost most of you after this Yestember dare.

But come on, you know you want to.

I don’t mean you should do it in front of your random flatmates and I am encouraging you to make sure that all the curtains are shut.

Sometimes, though, we just need to throw caution to the wind and mix everything the hell up!

Mix it up.

You need to turn on some music.

You need to dance in your underwear if that feels more appropriate.

Mostly, you just need to celebrate your fabulous you.

Dance it out.

I promise you will feel absolutely ridiculous in the moment, but the little glint in your eye will sparkle because you have done something so reckless.