Get Yourself Out of a Funk!

Movement:

    1.      Upbeat music and dance (especially if no one is looking, let yourself go)

    2.      Do the three essentials: Drink Water, Stretch, Breathe deeply

    3.      Take a walk outdoors

    4.      Exercise vigorously

    5.      Initiate an evening of sport playing with friends/ acquaintances (ultimate Frisbee, flag football, etc.)

         

       Focus on gratitude and others:

    6.      Count your blessings

    7.      Do a random act of kindness

    8.      Volunteer

    9.      Visit a memorial and bring flowers (realize life is short and be grateful for the time you got and for those you have defended your life and freedom)  

   10.  Cook a meal for someone else

   11.  Donate clothes and belongings no longer needed  

   12.  Recycle

Write/ Read/ Inspire/ Express yourself:

   13.  Write a love note/ poem to a significant other

   14.  Write a thank you letter

   15.  Write about your fears, doubts, worries, stress (usually seems less overwhelming when put on paper)

   16.  Write a timeline of your accomplishments in life 

   17.  Read a biography about a figure you admire

   18.  Be creative (Drawing, writing, painting, photography, crafts, etc.)

Pamper yourself:

   19.  Plan a vacation (and then do it!)

   20.  Hot bubble bath

   21.  Do your nails

   22.  Put some make-up on (if done well always motivates me to show it off in public)

   23.  Get a massage 

   24.  Make a healthy smoothie

Get It Done:

   25.  Organize/ Clean a room in your house/ office

   26.  Make a To-Do-List (make sure to check off what you get done, always gratifying)

   27.  Choose your most precedent projects and break them down into small steps. 

   28.  Remember it takes patience, perseverance, and time to achieve goals you will not get it all done at once. Be realistic.

Be Present:
29.  Turn off electronics
30.  Learn to meditate

      31.  Remember to live in the moment and to not always worry about the past or future 

      32.  Really listen to what people are saying 

      33.  When you eat focus on the flavors and aromas

      34.  Don’t multitask focus on one task at a time

Learn:

    35.  Take a class on a subject or skill of interest

    36.  Learn from others – ex: when your father is fixing the car, your friend is knitting, your mom is cooking your favorite dish, boyfriend cleaning his gun, and so on.

    37.  Learn from a book about a skill or on a subject of interest 

    38.  Think of a past failure and learn from it. (What could you have done differently? How you have improved since?) Then a layout a plan for succeeding or pinpoint your already occurred successes.

See:

    39.  Visit an art gallery

    40.  Explore nature

    41.  Meet up with an old friend and catch-up

    42.  Look at old photo albums, scrapbooks, journals, etc. (reminiscence and let it inspire you) 

     

     NOW GET UP, GET OUT, FEEL, BREATHE, AND LET YOURSELF FULLY BE!

 
    No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.  - Brendan Francis


    Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.  - James Thurber


   Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.  - Coreta Kent

    By: Amara Van Orden

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