Katie Weaver and I came up with this list of ways to make yourself feel better right away!
- Listen to your favorite song from 5th grade
- Wear some fancy clothes (even if just around the house)
- Go for a walk
- Cook one of your grandma’s recipes
- Do your make up
- Drink something warm
- Learn a new language (even if just a few words)
- Watch videos of babies laughing (at dogs)
- Read a good book
- Take a bath
- Meditate
- Brush your teeth
- Eat chocolate
- Hold a baby
- Crystals (rose quartz and rhodolite, blue kyanite, larimar)
- Research a day trip
- Fresh flowers
- Watch/listen to some stand up comedy (YouTube/Netflix Try Brian Regan & Jim Gaffigan - clean)
- Listen to the sound of rain or running stream or ocean
- Decorate something: a cupcake, a room, a scrapbook
- Rearrange your furniture
- Hug a tree (heart on tree)
- Put on lotion
- Talk to an old friend or an older relative
- Smudge yourself/your space
- Verbal clearings/affirmations
- A cup of tea
- Look for feathers
- View art
- Take a drive
- Diffuse or wear bergamot essential oils
- Pay for someone else’s drinks at the coffee shop
- Open a window
- Bake something
- Paint a wall or piece of furniture
- Get your feelings out (try a sad movie to get your sadness moving. Journal if you’re angry then burn the paper)
- Windchimes
- Citrus Fruits (eat em, smell em, juggle em?)
- Exfoliate/scrub
- Eat dessert first
- Pizza
- Some silence
- Bird song
- Eat Root vegetables and earthy foods
- Sniff grapefruit oil
- Create art (even if it sucks)
- Throw a living room dance party
- A hug/physical touch
- Burn something
- Go to the beach
- Plant something
- Orgasm
- Make cookies
- Watch cat videos online
- Paint rocks and hide them for others to find
- Drink a glass of water
- Color your hair
- Fun underwear
- Take off your bra
- Listen to a podcast
- Look at old family photos
- Pull a few cards
- Eat some chili peppers (endorphins)
- Put socks on
- Feed a homeless person
- Look for cool rocks
- Put your bare feet on grass
- Paint your toenails
- Comb your hair
- Learn a joke to try out on your family
- Give a small gift to someone/pay it forward
- Have a glass of wine
- Sing
- Look for cool bugs
- Eat A bowl of cold cereal
- Hot shower
- Make 5 nice comments on social media
- Read funny Amazon reviews
- Nurture something
- Fresh sheets (optional: with shaved legs)
- Search out a meaningful poem
- Throw rocks
- Listening to Music/dance/sing
- Float in water (or take a bath)
- Eat Pasta or potatoes
- Organize something (purse, drawer, make up, closet)
- Play with money (a stack of 1s, 20s, 100s...whatever you got. Feel it, smell it, spend some time with it. Pull it out of the bank and put it back in later that day)
- Colored light (colored glasses/light bulbs)
- Stretch (stretching the back releases endorphins)
- Cuddle a pet
- Go home
- Feed the birds
- Connect with ArchAngel Jophiel
- Turn off the lights and light some candles
- Give yourself a facial
- Wander a cool cemetery
- Sleep
- Eat a popsicle
- Leave sweet notes in public bathrooms
