Usher in the new season with a fresh to-do list for spring. Get outdoors, see what’s beautifully in bloom and experience nature, or stay inside and banish boredom!
SPRING TO LIFE OUTDOORS CHECKLIST
- Give your dog and your car a bath
- Have a bite and a sip as you peruse a local festival
- Pick a bouquet of herbs or flowers for yourself or a loved one
- Go shopping at an outdoor mall
- Enjoy your local park
- Visit a local farm and pick up some fresh eggs
- Go to the zoo
- Have a fun kids-at-heart day at a playground
- Blow bubbles and play games on the grass
- Put on some rollerblades, roller skates or hop on a skateboard and hit the streets
- Practice tai chi
- Bike around town
- Have a picnic
- Host an outdoor tea party (pinkies out, everyone)!
- Play golf or miniature golf
- Go hiking, fishing and camping
- Check out LIVE music shows and concerts
- Fly a kite in a field or along the beach
- Try a horseback riding lesson
- Have fun at an amusement or water park
- See what’s in season and go fruit picking
- Go out to eat, sit outside and enjoy a drink at a new coffeeshop, restaurant, or bar
- Attend a group meet-up based on shared interests and hobbies
- Visit a local winery, learn about wines and enjoy a wine tasting
- Skip stones across the water
- Soak up the sun, sand and surf at the beach – bring your swimsuit, sandals and sunscreen
- Host a spring party event – don’t forget to decorate with fresh flowers
SPRING TO LIFE INDOORS CHECKLIST
- Get cultured and go see a play, opera or ballet
- Visit an aquarium
- Go around the rink at your local skating joint
- Check out the newest movie
- Gallery hop and visit a museum
- Join a gym and hit the pool, followed by the steam room and sauna
- Work with a wellness or fitness coach, personal trainer or nutritionist to get in shape
- Get pampered with a mani, pedi, facial and massage at a salon or spa
- Send out spring cards to your loved ones
- Take a genealogy test and discover your genetic make-up
- Get your hair done with cut and color for a whole new you
- Try lash extensions and bat those beautiful lashes
- See what’s new at your local library
- Try a new grocery store and discover new foods and beverages
- Order a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box at your local farmers market
- Start a blog to further your passionate hobby or to boost your business
- Work on relationships with old and new friends, online and off
- Take a cooking class
- Visit a local brewery, find out how beer is made and enjoy a brewski
- Smell good with a new fragrance find – sample perfumes at a department store or Ulta or Sephora
- Get a make-over at a department store make-up counter to pick out a few new beauty products that suit you for the season
- Visit your local music store to try out some instruments and sign up for music classes
- Ask a bartender to make you a special mixed drink or make your own cocktail or mocktail
- Open the windows in your house and roll your car windows down for a healthy blast of fresh air
- Make spring gifts for your loved ones – experiment with DIY beauty products or arts and crafts
- Turn your bathroom into a home spa and enjoy some R & R
- Decorate your house or work place for spring – include fresh plants, flowers and candles – and redecorate a room using Feng Shui
- Get a water fountain – running water sounds soothing
Start checking off that bucket list whether you stay indoors or go outdoors. There’s much to do and see this season, so spring into spring!
Forsyth Magazines writer since 2018. Susan Schabacker was blessed to be adopted as a baby and made her journey from South Korea to Massachusetts where she arrived safely into her adoptive mother’s loving arms. She later moved to New Mexico and, after a few years, moved to Winston-Salem, NC, to study classical ballet at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts from the eighth grade through high school. Susan has lived in the Piedmont Triad area for nearly 20 years and had the opportunity to travel to Budapest, Hungary; London, UK; and Beijing, China, where she studied abroad through Elon University. In Stockholm, Sweden, she had a marketing internship at Hachette-Filipacchi, publisher of Elle and other magazines. She graduated with a B.A. in Corporate Communications and a minor in Dance from Elon University. Susan loves writing and is pleased to have written for Winston-Salem Journal’s “Teen Page,” Triad Living, KernersvilleMagazine, and of course, Forsyth Mags. She is a co-author of a children’s book, Huckleberry Robin, based on a three-generation true family story. Susan is grateful for her faith, family, and friends and is happy and excited to be part of the Forsyth Mags team. She spreads the word about Forsyth magazines and enjoys reading and sharing them with her family and friends every month.
