Positive Things To Do This Week #100

Hello folks, how are you all? Fine and chipper I hope. Well, I can now happily announce we have successfully moved house and are officially home owners, hurrah! It all feels rather surreal still and very overwhelming but the house already feels like home and I can’t wait to share it with you all.

Anyhoo, can you believe I’ve posted 100 posts for the 5 Positive Things To Do This Week series? That’s 500 positive things to do, my friends. Five hundred! Rather than wash over this mighty milestone (because you should always celebrate the little things) I thought I’d look back through the archives and share some of my favourite positive things to do this week. Here’s the first 30!

• Go offline for at least one day a week.
• Got a roof over your head, your health, food in the belly and a handful of family and friends? Count your blessings. Somethings are that simple.
• Pass on a new recipe.  Find a pretty postcard and write the recipe on the back. Pass it on!
• Buy yourself  flowers or pick some from your garden. Flowers induce positive emotions and don’t need to be expensive; I’m happy buying a bunch for a few pounds and splitting them between jam jars across the house.
• Cut a sandwich into quarters. I don’t know why this makes me happy but it does.
• Pick up a pen and a piece of paper. Write down an ambition you have. Already achieved it or on your way? Give yourself a pat on the back. Not quite there yet? Begin to think and research how you can make it happen (followed by a pat on the back for taking the crucial first step).
• Take 15 minutes out of your day with a cup of your favourite beverage, and write a letter to a friend or family member. It’s also the perfect chance to practice your handwriting (mine is terrible).
• Wrap up warm and go for a walk around the place you live (post your letter at the same time). Look up, down and all around and see what you can find.
• Listen to a favourite album that you used to played over and over. Turn it up and sing very loudly. My choice? Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me by The Cure.
• Bake something to put in your cake tin – home is inside a cake tin. Indeed it is.
• Hang pictures, photographs or things that make you smile in places you see daily. We have a lovely seascape oil painting next to our bathroom mirror – great for day dreaming whilst brushing my teeth. One day I will live by the sea…
• Swap used magazines with friends/family. If you read different ones, it’s a great way on saving pennies and recycling. Same goes for books.
• Invite friends round for ‘pudding nights’ instead of dinner. A cheaper alternative but 10 times more satisfying and less stressful.
• When you’ve finished using the oven, leave the oven door open to heat the rest of the kitchen. Do you have any alternative ways to heat your home? The stupid energy companies have too much of our money *shakes fist at sky*
• Celebrate the small things. Nothing makes my boyfriend’s face light up more than a celebration and I think we’re both in agreement that they’re not only for birthdays or special events. Done something to make you feel proud? Celebrate!
• Think of 5 things that you love doing and work out a way to incorporate them into your everyday life. My 5 things are writing, sewing, baking, running and dancing. I must dance more, even if it’s just in my PJ’s listening to the radio.
• Empty your phone inbox. Save any nice/thoughtful texts to your phone and delete the rest. Oh and while you’re at it send a lovely/thoughtful text to someone you love.
• Learn something new.
• Unsubscribe to newsletters you are no longer interested in.They fill up your email inbox and tempt you into buying stuff you didn’t want in the first place.
• Try not to compare your life with others. Nobody’s life is what it seems. Just get busy living your own.
• Wear something that makes you happy. My happy clothing is a chunky knit scarf. Swoon. I’m also a fan of lovely pockets. A dress or skirt with pockets is my idea of heaven.
• Let go of negative and nasty people in your life and concentrate your time, energy and love on the people who deserve it.
• Make your bed. Air out the room for a minimum of 10 mins (while you’re in the bathroom) and then make your bed. A freshly made bed equals joy! NB. Resist temptation to get back in.
• Drink water. I am super rubbish at this. I have to remind myself to drink throughout the day and tea, I’ve been told, isn’t enough. Well, my mission this week is to drink 4 glasses a day. Will you join me?
• Start thinking of Christmas! I refuse to spend the last few weeks in December stressing when I can be celebrating. So a little organisation (I’m late compared to a lot of people I know) will make you enjoy the season more.
• Listen to your body. I’ve kicked back as much as possible lately whilst having a silly cold. It’s hard to let go when you have things to do but I’d rather slow down for a short period than it last months. Thankfully I’m feeling much better this week. Hurrah!
• Buy a new lipstick.
• Change your environment. Pick a room in your house that you spend most of your time in. Does it make you happy? If not, have a change around. Move the furniture, get rid of clutter (not pretty clutter though, I like pretty clutter) or perhaps try a new scent to fragrance your room (Abode Aroma diffusers are grand by the way). Changing your environment is an instant happiness maker.
• Be organised. There are never enough hours in a day but there are lists. Making a list each night before I go to sleep helps me get through my daily tasks. I try to keep it achievable so I can always do more if I fancy.
• Do something to make you feel proud. Not wanting to sound like Heather Small but isn’t it nice when you feel proud of someone? How about feeling proud of yourself? Whether it’s completing a project, retraining for a new job or helping an old lady cross the street, feeling proud of yourself is a lovely feeling

Check out 30 more positive things to do tomorrow!

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