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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 17:07:38 GMT -5
106. Write yourself a letter to yourself and describe the lessons you've learned (keep it light) 107. Journal (daily or weekly) 108. Blog (whenever the mood hits you) 109. Frame that picture you've intended to hang on the wall or give away 110. Take a picture with a family member or friend
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 17:16:59 GMT -5
111. Compliment someone 112. Pat yourself on the back . . . on a job well done 113. Watch a football game or two 114. Find your football and teach someone how to throw it 115. Watch a basketball game 116. Find your basketball and teach someone how to make a basket 117. Learn how to spin a basketball on your finger 118. Play soccer 119. Play darts 120. Play table tennis 121. If you're good at sports . . . let someone else win
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 18:52:52 GMT -5
122. Go to a store and pay for someone's layaway 123. Go to the laundromat buy a card put money on it and hand it to a mom with the most kids or the largest batch of clothes to wash 124. Fold your laundry 125. Rearrange your sock drawer 126. Throw away the socks with holes and treat yourself to a pair or two 127. Give away a blanket or throw 128. Write someone a letter of recommendation 129. Get a haircut 130. Get a manicure or a pedicure 131. Rearrange the magnets on your fridge 132. Recycle the coupons you know you are never going to use 133. Don't watch someone tackle a task . . . Just give them a hand 134. Take out the garbage the night before it's to be collected 135. Sweep 136. Dust 137. Put your feet up . . . 138. Watch a movie with someone 139. Eat a bowl of your favorite ice cream 140. Have a cup of hot cocoa
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 19:59:07 GMT -5
141. Hang out with family and friends at a large table filled with food 142. Organize a get together at work with a large table filled with food 143. Give each of your co-workers a pen 144. Place a jar of candy on your desk 145. Chat for a moment with your co-workers 146. Organize a white elephant gift exchange 147. Give only gifts you make 148. Shop at a local store or boutique or a hospital's gift shop 149. Make coupons that represent your gift of time 150. Purchase items and donate them to a domestic violence shelter/haven
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 20:11:07 GMT -5
151. Admit when you are wrong 152. Forgive and forget 153. Try . . . Try . . . Try again until you succeed 154. Listen to the advice a family member gives you 155. Stay in the moment when chatting with family or friends 156. Go some place with a loved one where your cell phone doesn't work 157. Turn off your phone at the dinner table 158. Be patient with yourself and others 159. Have a good cry 160. Don't apologize for feeling sad
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 20:18:54 GMT -5
161. Eat a bag of popcorn 162. Share your food or snack 163. Don't gloat when you are right 164. Don't pout when you are wrong 165. Make plans but don't be disappointed if they don't turn out exactly right 166. Laugh at your mistakes 167. Learn from your mistakes 168. Create a routine that works for you 169. Read a comic strip each day 170. Eat a piece of chocolate or better yet an entire candy bar and enjoy it instead of counting calories (at least once a week)
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 20:23:11 GMT -5
171. Ask for help 172. Reflect for the purpose of learning 173. Remember there is a difference between seeking solitude and isolating yourself 174. Don't sweat the small stuff 175. Pet your pup 176. Remember your perception is not always reality - the person who is frowning may simply have a headache 177. More than likely . . . The person who wronged you in high school doesn't remember doing so . . . So get over it already! 178. If someone is tailgating you move over and don't forget to flash the peace sign 179. Play solitaire?? 180. Commit to game night once a month with family and/or friends
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 20:43:50 GMT -5
181. Always remember that someone else's plate may also be full 182. The grass is not always greener on the other side 183. Don't allow your childhood to ruin your adulthood 184. Remember every adult has probably had a very horrible, very bad day . . .
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 20:51:30 GMT -5
185. Eat pie 186. Eat cake . . . But never on the same day 187. Try to avoid perpetually happy people . . . if you are easily annoyed 188. Try to avoid generally morose people or simply be as patient as possible with them 189. You may need to only socialize with people who don't drink 190. Enjoy a tall glass of iced tea with lemon
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Post by Pam on Dec 16, 2015 21:59:19 GMT -5
191. Avoid gossiping or mean-spirited people 192. Light a scented candle 193. Leave work at work . . . if possible 194. Identify the problem and determine reasonable solutions 195. Do not expect your problems to solve themselves 196. One of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is forgiveness 197. Allow no wrong to go unaddressed 198. Each one . . . teach one 199. Always do the right thing 200. Celebrate your accomplishments 201. Move forward and always do more than expected
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Post by Pam on Dec 17, 2015 6:25:12 GMT -5
202. Give yourself permission to start the day with a clean slate 203. Just breathe . . . Don't think about anything particular . . . Just breathe 204. Consider seeing a therapist 205. Tell your troubles to your pet . . . The session won't last especially long 206. When someone asks how you are . . . if you can't say "good" then try saying "better" 207. Enjoy the day !
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Post by Pam on Dec 17, 2015 16:15:58 GMT -5
208. If you can't travel . . . take a virtual tour 209. Buy a balloon . . . Let it go and imagine it taking your troubles away. (On the bright side. . . perhaps the sight of a balloon may make someone's day special) 210. Clear clutter 211. Reread a classic 212. Collect --- 213. Give a gift and add to someone's collection 214. Watch a game show 215. Remember "Life is not a competition" 216. Accept nothing less than respect 217. Treat others the way you want to be treated 218. Remember perfection is a rare and wonderous phenomena 219. Eat a snowcone 220. Eight hours of sleep nightly just may improve your mood 221. Don't wish for it . . . Work towards it
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Post by Pam on Dec 17, 2015 20:33:34 GMT -5
222. Sing along with ABBA 223. Go to meetings 224. Get a mentor/sponsor 225. Try the steps/try routine/try distraction/try focusing on helping others 226. Don't purchase any alcohol/throw out any liquor you have tucked away 227. Stay hydrated with lemon water 228. Don't spend time mulling over the past or fretting about the future 229. Don't expect anyone to say anything powerful enough to stop you from drinking 230. You make the decision. . . Every. . .Minute. . . Hour. . . Everyday 231. You have heard the advice: from your doctor, your family, your friends, your forumily, etc. . . . Now follow it. 232. Don't drink and you'll wake up sober 233. Difficult circumstances require every ounce of our attentiveness to use the coping skills we have acquired over the years 234. Have faith in your capacity to refrain from drinking 235. You must figure out how to weather your emotions. . . As overwhelming as they are . . . they are not tangible and do not last 236. Remember each moment is eventually a memory 237. You will be just fine without a drink 238. When you don't drink eventually your symptoms subside, you grow stronger, you feel better, you make better decisions, you gain confidence, you accomplish more, you set goals, you attain them, etc. 239. Not drinking may "seem" easier for some than others 240. Your journey continues each day
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Post by Pam on Dec 18, 2015 7:05:05 GMT -5
241. Make each day memorable . . . How will you do that today? 242. Read something by Max Lucado or Anne Morrow Lindbergh 243. Don't spend time thinking about should've or could've 244. Make a budget 245. Stick to it 246. Listen to the voice inside your head that says, "I am good enough" 247. Watch Christmas cartoons 248. Watch Christmas movies 249. Don't watch more than two Hallmark movies a day 250. Find a spot to leave your keys everyday 251. Sing along with Simon and Garfunkel or Marvin Gaye 252. Lip sync with Patti LaBelle or Adele 253. Clear your work desk at the end of each day 254. Take a different route home once a week 255. Offer a co-worker who rides the bus a lift home 256. Don't expect everyone to agree with you 257. Feel free to voice your opinion 258. On a really bad day . . . be as kind to yourself as you would a stray pup 259. Check in on an elderly family member 260. Donate that treadmill taking up valuable space 261. Wave to your neighbors
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Post by Pam on Dec 18, 2015 22:05:49 GMT -5
262. Learn how to use chop sticks 263. Learn how to say 'hello' in at least three languages 264. Then, learn three more 265. Watch a video - history.com 266. Look at a slide show from nationalgeographic.com 267. Go to a museum 268. Walk through an art gallery 269. Sit on a park bench 270. Feed the geese 271. Take a relative to the zoo 272. Read a biography 273. Make a new dish once a week 274. Take a tasty lunch to work 275. Eat a peppermint stick 276. Splurge on candy at the movie theater 277. Watch an Indiana Jones movie 278. Watch a musical 279. Watch an episode of Laurel and Hardy or Better Call Saul 280. Sip a cup of Earl Grey tea
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