No doubt you must have read at least one clichéd exciting list telling you “a guideline of Do’s before marriage or Take a road trip!” before you walk down the tough aisle. However, instead of an easy road map to satisfy one self before getting married, you should take a damn road trip of what is essentially to be done before marriage. But it’s far more important that you check off these must, 99 do’s according to experts opinion.
- Be independent, baby!
- Get that education degree.
- Make friends.
- Friends for whom you’ll not mind dying.
- Fall in love.
- Bungee jump!
- Eat that you have always hated.
- Flirt.
- Learn how to swim.
- Read.
- And don’t fret if you missed a day of gym.
- Learn to look up from your phone.
- Spend time with your family.
- Kiss someone because they’re pretty.
- Get hurt in a relationship.
- Take an away trip with your besties.
- Keep your room clean.
- Take a trip with them every six months.
- And go on a date with your family every two weeks.
- Learn how to make chapatis. It’s okay if they look like the distorted map of India.
- Learn to share. Your room, your food, your house, everything.
- Go to that pub.
- Dance your heart out.
- Get your face in the local newspaper.
- But certainly not in a borrowed car.
- Be stubborn.
- Because honestly you’re not. You are a minuscule insignificant speck of dirt in this infinitely gigantic and timeless universe. The Hubble can’t spot you. Not even as heavy as this sentence.
- Stop thinking you’re the most important person in the world.
- Delete that ego.
- Learn to hold your shit when the time comes.
- Don’t get frustrated.
- Make a graffiti.
- Make mistakes.
- Then find out what did you do wrong.
- Learn how not to run away from responsibilities.
- And then, don’t repeat that mistake.
- Make money. Loads of it.
- Salsa!
- Or tango or plain old shaking your butt in the middle of the night. Or waltz, whichever pleases you.
- Date someone.
- Eat 10 burgers at a go.
- Gatecrash a wedding.
- Have a 5 date rule; and instead of hooking up for good at the end of the 5 dates say it isn’t meant to be. It’s okay.
- Or 5 litres of coke.
- And hog like crazy.
- Bunk classes.
- And watch that silly movie you would never watch, alone.
- Write.
- And write more.
- Think.
- Learn not to overthink.
- But always think before you do something.
- Improve your language skills.
- Learn not to overthink.
- Work out.
- Learn how to think on your feet.
- Volunteer.
- Volunteer at least once every few months.
- Find a cause you like.
- Like lawyers do.
- Support it like it is the end of the world.
- Learn how to give back to the society.
- Consider politics as a career choice.
- Or a soldier.
- Or starting a political party!
- Or a government servant.
- Just consider.
- Spend one whole night outdoors, with friends.
- Or alone.
- Don’t carry a lot of cash.
- Babysit.
- Learn how to budget.
- Talk about sex.
- Even kids maybe.
- Develop a skill that can pay.
- Stick your tongue out in front of a stranger if s/he is staring at you for the wrong reasons, or whatever reasons.
- And other sports.
- Learn to drive.
- And learn to say thank you. And apologise.
- And learn to watch football.
- Learn to be nice.
- Take a trip alone.
- Travel on a wait-listed ticket.
- And then take a full-size truck for a spin.
- Learn to donate your money.
- Learn to help.
- And everywhere you can.
- Know that humility is important but it’s okay taste bragging, once in a while.
- Envision a wedding in shorts and flip-flops.
- Help every time you can.
- But be prepared for a wedding where everything could go wrong.
- Play football.
- Learn to smile.
- Jealous your Ex
- Even when you’re in a mood to kill someone.
- Do none of these or most of these but do what you want. Be yourself, because like Oscar Wilde said, everybody else is already taken.
- And experience belly hurting, gut twisting and every other kind of laughter. Every day.
- Envision your honeymoon in Maldives.
- Do 5 most embarrassing things.
