- Highlight, underline, dog-ear, read, re-read, absolutely consume every book that interests you. Rewrite the strings of words that affect you in a journal. Refer back to them whenever you need a pick-me-up.
- Wear nice underwear on even the most mundane of days. Look at yourself in the mirror and list at least 3 things you truly appreciate. Wink at yourself.
- Carry a notebook with you. Write the things that blossom in your mind instead of mindlessly tweeting them in 140 characters. Expand on them. *Explore your ideas instead of nipping them in the bud.
- Smile at a stranger. Smile at someone you find attractive instead of keeping a poker-face and avoiding their gaze. You never know, you might give them that extra burst of courage they’ve been trying to summon for the past 20 minutes. And find yourself six months down the line looking up at the stars and asking yourself how you got so lucky.
- Decorate your room with beautiful pictures. Make a board with a collage of things that inspire you and make you feel truly jubilant.
- Learn one new word a day. Expand your vocabulary.
- On a rainy day, miss your bus stop on purpose. Listen to your favourite songs as you look out the window. Walk home in the rain. Appreciate a warm shower or bubble bath.
- Cook breakfast for the people you care about.
- Wake up earlier than usual. Make the day count. Be aware of your breaths and be thankful each moment you can.
- Smile
- 1. Cut your hair every now and then. Fresh starts are always nicer than you think. Who needs split ends anyways.
- 2. Pick a song you really like. Listen to that song a lot. And I mean a lot. Dance around your room naked to that song, beat the song lifeless till it annoys the hell out of you. Then pick a new song and go through the same process. We all need to really hear music, we need to understand what the song we are listening to is really about.
- 3. Paint your toes black, make it as perfect as possible. Then, scratch it off. Remember nothing is permanent.
- 4. Go on a run with your dog. Try to race him and beat him. Realize you can out run many things. Then go back and pet your dog, realize that some things you need to go back for.
- 5. Decorate a plain backpack. Glue on sparkles, glitter, diamonds, newspaper and magazine clippings, lace & ribbon, anything else that may fancy you. Remember, you don’t have to be the same person you were a minute ago.
- 6. Buy some pretty lights and string them up in your room. Turn off all the lights except for one when you go to bed. Remember it isn’t always dark and lonely. Change your perspective.
- 7. Lay outside one night. Breathe in breathe out. Accept that you are only one person and cannot do everything at one time. You can take your time. The creator of the stars you’re looking up at did not do it all in one day. Pace yourself.
- 8. Get up every morning and stand in front of the mirror. Naked, fully clothed, backwards, upside down, who cares how, just do it. Observe yourself. Notice the wrinkles under your eyes from laughing a lot. Count your freckles. Admire your ass. Then name 3 things you love about yourself. You need to love yourself.
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