30 Positive Things To Do This Week #2

To celebrate posting one hundred 5 Positive Things Posts (that’s 500 positive things to do!), I thought I’d look back through the archives every day this week and share some of my favourite positive things to do this week. Here’s the next 30!

• Thank someone.  There are many ways to thank the people in your life. Whether it’s your employees, friends or telling a company when you’ve received great service. We’re all quick to pick up the phone or write an email when we get bad service, and rightly so. But telling someone they’ve done a great job when they might be having a bad day could just turn it around.
• Create a happy playlist. This is on my things to do list – a guilt free list of songs that make me smile that I can go to when feeling down in the dumps.*Adds 99 Luftballons to playlist*
• Plan a weekend off. Make no plans whatsoever and just spend it doing whatever makes you happy. Bake, watch your favourite movies, take a nap – whatever you fancy. When someone asks what you’re up to just reply ‘I’m busy, doing nothing’ and revel in the glory.
• Start making a list of everything you’ve achieved this year. Is there something you would have liked to have accomplished yet haven’t even begun? It’s never too late.
• Book a break away with your best friend to lift the spirits. On a budget? Go somewhere with fewer distractions (shopping and nightlife) and enjoy a weekend in the country. Bring wine, nibbles, magazines, walking boots and put the world to rights!
• Invest in a decent and colourful umbrella for the Winter months. My red and white polka dot umbrella has been going strong for 7 years and is a cheery so-and-so. Meh to rain!
• Change one room (or more if you have the time and pennies!) in your home by adding new textiles. New cushions for the living room? Bedding for the bedroom or tea towels for the kitchen? Depending on your budget a small change in a space can make all the difference.
• Keep a photograph of your family/friends in your purse/wallet. It really helps when you’re stood in the longest queue in the world. I’m talking to you post office!
• Get the board games out.
• Give someone you haven’t spoken to in a while a phone call. It will brighten your day and theirs.
• Make space! Have a look through your house and pop a few items you no longer wear/use in a bag ready for the charity shop or eBay
• Repeat the phrase ‘It’s not the end of the world’ over and over when having a rough day. Chances are, it could be worse. “Sod it” works just as well.
• Give your computer/TV/radio/camera/mobile a hug and be thankful for them.  We’re a very fortunate part of the world’s population that has all these goodies at our fingertips. Go on, give them a hug.
• Spend quality time with a pet
• Listen. We can’t fix every problem – somethings just aren’t black and white. However we can take time to listen to others which often does more good.
• Take biscuits or cake into work (preferably on a Monday) to cheer your colleagues up. Cake makes everything better.
• Empty your purse/wallet of receipts and rubbish. I did this the other week and found a fiver. Bonus.
• Sleep.
• Give Blood.
• Write a list of the things you’re looking forward to.
• Try not to moan ONCE for a whole week.
• Pop the clothes you’re wearing the next day on the radiator so when you wake up to get dressed you’ll be nice and toasty.
• Attempt a bus/train journey without reading or using your phone. Simply look outside. It might be the only time you have that day to have some peace & quiet (minus the other passengers).
• Try very hard not to catastrophize. I say ‘very hard’ as I know how difficult this is. I worry a lot and jump to a million conclusions before a problem has even begun. All I do know is that what I worry about today is likely to be forgotten in the very near future (hopefully/cross fingers/salutes magpie).
• Use your car less. It’s easy for me to say, as I don’t drive and don’t have kids to rally around. But I do know an awful lot of people who use the car unnecessarily for short distances. Walk!
• Have a date night out with your OH – a night at the movies is my favourite. Pub grub, a glass of red, movie, and then chat about the film whilst walking home hand in hand. Happy Lisa!
• Pick a favourite childhood meal or snack and cook up a memory. I’m eating lots of banana and peanut butter sandwiches lately which remind me of ‘treat’ packed lunches when I was little.
• Watch an inspirational film. Searching for Sugarman is an uplifting film that will move you to tears (if you’re a sentimental so-and-so like me).
• Don’t keep worries to yourself. Talk to someone and don’t be afraid to ask for help.
• Learn the basics of a new language. I can’t abide it when I see British people abroad not even attempting the basics of the language of the country they’re in. Buy a phrase book and give it a go!

Check out 30 more positive things to do tomorrow!

♥