Pick an outdoor space that receives little to no shade in order to maximize solar drying. Utilize the air by selecting an area that is open to prevailing winds or other air currents. Avoid areas prone to flooding, runoff, and/or standing water. Refer to almanacs or weather stations to determine the direction of your region's prevailing winds. If your land is especially hilly, expect air currents to move up and down the face of hills. If possible, plan to stack your wood in a single row, with the cut ends receiving the strongest air currents head-on. Favor this method over multiple rows. Enable all of your wood to receive equal air circulation. If space does not permit one long row of wood, space your row as far apart from each other as possible to allow the most airflow between them. Keep your firewood off bare ground. Avoid rot from moisture that collects below. Use material that won't absorb water, such as concrete or a grid made of poles laid horizontally. In a pinch, use wooden materials like pallets or lumber that you have no other use for. Make the bed as level as possible for safer stacking. If you use wood, line the top of the bed with tarps, plastic sheeting, or similar materials to block the transfer of moisture from the wood underneath to the wood on top. At the same time, create drainage holes in the materials so water doesn't pool on top. First, begin your row by placing the bottom layer of split wood along the length of the raised bed. Arrange each piece so that all of the cut ends face the same direction. Then, at either end of your row, create a second layer with the cut ends facing the opposite direction. Continue building up both ends of your row by alternating the direction that each layer faces in order to create stable bookends. You can either build the ends all at once or build them as you go. If you build them all at once, stop once they are approximately four feet (1.2 m) high. This way, the top of the pile will still be below head-level for most adults in the event of collapse. Use your "best" pieces for the bookends. With each piece of wood, check all sides for evenness. Discard any that noticeably tapers from one end to the other. Such pieces may result in a less stable structure. Keep the bark of each piece facing up. Since bark resists moisture, this will help shelter the exposed wood from rainfall. Begin your second layer in between the bookends. Arrange the cut ends so they face the same direction as the bottom layer's. Set each piece so that it covers two pieces in the bottom layer by straddling where the two bottom pieces meet. Repeat until the pile reaches four feet (1.2 m) high. Place each piece with the bark facing up to shelter the exposed wood from rain. Use smaller pieces to fill gaps, when needed, for stability. Leave gaps as they are for better airflow if the layer is strong enough to support the next. Decide whether you are fine with leaving the pile as is or if you want to protect if from rainfall. If you decide to cover it, use black or clear plastic sheeting. For best results, support the sheeting with materials other than the pile itself (such as stakes or poles) so they don't come into contact. Direct contact between the sheeting and wood allows the wood to absorb condensation from the plastic. It also reduces airflow and could result in tears in the plastic due to friction. Black materials absorb heat and accelerate evaporation. Clear materials allow direct sunlight. Unless you have a lot of rainfall and/or a very short drying season, leaving your pile uncovered should still result in dry firewood by the time you need it.

Summary: Choose an area ideal for stacking. Map out your row(s). Create a raised bed. Build bookends. Stack your wood in layers. Cover if desired.

Don't ditch your friends in your quest to find a boyfriend. It's important to have multiple types of friendships in your life. Go out with your friends or spend a night in watching a movie or cooking together. Don't turn every friend night into a boyfriend-finding mission. When you're too consumed with finding a partner, your friends might think you're not interested in them at all. Keep developing yourself as a person. Grow your interests, both personally and professionally. If you want to try a new hobby or sport, go for it. If you want to get a new certification to help you at work, do it. It's important to bring forth your own goals and pursue them. Give yourself time to spend by yourself. This will give you an opportunity to understand yourself better, to develop your own voice, to relax, and to think deeply. Take yourself on a reading date. Bring a good book to a cafe, order some coffee and a croissant, and treat yourself to an hour of uninterrupted reading.

Summary: Spend time with your friends. Cultivate your own interests. Spend time on your own.

Challenge your boyfriend to a wrestling match, or surprise attack him from behind! Have fun with it, but keep the fighting under control. You don't actually want to hurt each other. Pretend to fight in a specific fighting style like boxing, martial arts, or sumo wrestling. Take turns being the announcer. If your boyfriend is much stronger than you, make a few rules to level the playing field. For example, you could make him fight with one of his arms behind his back. Next time you're lounging on the bed or couch with your boyfriend, grab a pillow and whack him. Next thing you know, you'll have a full blown pillow war. Choose a great weapon! The best pillow-fight pillows are soft and filled with down, polyester, cotton, or wool. Play King of the Ring. The first person to fall off the bed or couch loses. Try Pillow Ninja. Hold one pillow in each hand, and whack each other. If you drop one of your pillows, you lose! Turn on your favorite jams and have a dance party! You can do a silly partner dance, or have a dance off. Don't be afraid to bust out all your hilarious dance moves. Try playing a dance video game together, like Dance Dance Revolution or Just Dance. Watch a video of professional dancers and try to copy their crazy moves. Put your own spin on a Dancing with the Stars performance and let the hilarity ensue. When you're baking cookies in the kitchen with your boyfriend, blow a little flour on his nose. When he blows some back at you, throw a couple of chocolate chips at him. Let the food fight commence! Play catch with your food. Throw him a few jellybeans or grapes and have him try to catch them in his mouth. Ambush your boyfriend in the middle of a movie with a tickle fight! The two of you will be doubled over in laughter in seconds. Find his most ticklish spots. Try his ribs, tummy, armpits, and even the soles of his feet.
Summary: Have a wrestling match. Plan a surprise pillow fight. Have a dance party. Play with your food. Start a tickle war.