• penguins/Russians/stretching/jumping jacks
• harmonica
• Sid Caesar/Weird Al Yankovic/Charlie Chaplin/Three Stooges
• The Prince of Egypt
• singing
• http://whenparentstext.com/
• ask someone to give you a backrub
• delete people off facebook
• some cats
• knope compliments
• see/hear/party
• how it's made on proj free tv
• ambient noise

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• Lay on the floor of your shower until you can breathe again. Water will always love to love your skin.
• Start writing with the intention of filling up one page. Write until your pen stops working.
• Reread a book that once made you cry. Learn something new on every page. Notice how different chapter make you sad. Notice how the book didn’t change and grow; you did.
• Sleep with your windows open. You can hear both the rain and boys drunkenly singing Frank Sinatra on their deck. Both are equally good.
• Don’t forget that honey will always taste sweet, but the best way to eat it is off your fingers, laughing.
• Remember that, sometimes, getting out of bed is enough.

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"In a sense sickness is a place more instructive than a long trip to Europe and it’s always a place where there’s no company, where nobody can follow. Sickness before death is a very appropriate thing and I think those who don’t have it miss one of God’s mercies."

Flannery O’Connor

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• tear newspapers, photos, magazines
• splatter paint
• break sticks
• splash your face with cold water
• paint on yourself
• take a bath with ice cubes
• count ceiling lights, tiles
• doodle
• write out lyrics to your favorite song
• memorize a poem
• learn to swear in another languge
• watch clouds
• focus on your breathing/pulse

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"You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply because they are heavy."

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comforting music

• the shins
• mandolin orange
• andrew bird
• mumford + sons
• paul simon/simon + garfunkel