How To Kick Off Your Second Semester The Right Way In Southern California
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How To Kick Off Your Second Semester The Right Way In Southern California

Eight tried-and-true boredom busters for second semester.

Amanda Rome West
Jan 22, 2017
Irvine, California
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How To Kick Off Your Second Semester The Right Way In Southern California
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What's up, fam?

It's been a long, hard grind this first week back at SChool (haha, get it?! #FightOn), with my taking 18 units of classes, teaching three yoga sculpt classes a week, working several production jobs, and participating in several photography, art, music, culture, business, entrepreneurship, and fashion clubs on campus, all the while attempting to hang out with friends and make new ones. However, no matter how busy I am, I always make sure to kick off my semester RIGHT. Here are seven ways to set the tone for second semester as LIT.


1. Go to an awards show.

Golden Globes the day you arrive back in Los Angeles, anyone?

2. Hit the beach with your best friends.

Corral Beach in Malibu is where it's at! There was such a climate conflict, though. #CaliforniaWinter

3. Get into your yoga flow.

I love to hit the mat at CorePower Yoga in WeHo as well as at my #westYS yoga sculpt class held at USC.

4. Go to a live taping of one of your favorite television shows.


Ok, I took my best friend to see a live taping of Kate Hudson guest star on the Late Late Show with James Corden. I rock.

5. Try a new dish at a popular restaurant and make a night out of it.


Sotto, a great Italian neighborhood-vibe restaurant, had an amazing filet.

6. Learn something new.

Bar workouts, headstands, making dreamcatchers, cooking your own vegan recipes, and more.

7. Visit a dope new museum exhibit.

The Keith Haring Car exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in DTLA was epic.

8. Spend lots of time with your favorite people.

As always, quality over quantity. Hang out with those people in your life who are most important to you. It will make every day of the semester fly by !

I'd love it if you guys would direct message me your spin on these seven fun activities!

XO,

ARW

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