My boss, who is a grown woman with children my age, just whispered, “Oh, this is going to be so fucking efficient,” before spraying Febreze directly into the ceiling fan and proceeding to cough her guts out when it blew back in her face.
me
Person: what’s wrong?
Me: nothing…
Me internally: why did that man honk at me in the intersection between 52nd St and 3rd Ave on January 4th 2015
amazing 💯💯💯💯
This warms my heart, they met for 2 years straight 😊
Glennon Doyle Melton (via kvtes)
5 THINGS YOU CAN DO EVERY DAY TO BE HAPPY
1 - Brisk 20-minute walk. Studies show three 20-30 minute walks a week outperform, from a happiness perspective, test groups on anti-depressants and test groups doing both the walking and taking the anti-depressants. (Penn State / Babyak, American Psychosomatic Society)
2 - The 20-Minute Replay. Journal for 20 minutes about a positive experience you had during the day. Your mind will relive the experience as you write and relive it again when you read your journal. A tripling effect. (University of Texas, “How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Words”)
3 - Commit A Random Act of Kindness. Surprise someone a coffee, hold the door open for your coworkers, send a thank you note to an old teacher. (Lyubomirsky)
4 - Meditate. Studies show meditation increases the activity in our pre-frontal cortext – the part of the brain responsible for attention and focus. (Massachusetts General Hospital)
5 - Write down 5 gratitudes. If you can be happy with simple things, it will be simple to be happy. The research here had students write down five gratitudes, events, or hassles. Those writing down gratitudes vastly outperformed the other two groups after ten weeks. (Emmons / McCullough)
A list of activities to do besides watching Netflix and being anxious
1) read a book or magazine. Preferably a paper copy
2)do something creative!
3) more specifically, do something in your art journal
4) practice sewing. Even if it's bad--that's how you get better!
5) cook something yummy
6) listen to music (bonus if it's on the record player)
7) reorganize a room and find 3 things to get rid of
8) go for a walk
9) call a friend
10) make up a silly dance to on old nostalgic song
11) read new recipes in your many cook books and plan a time to make them!
12) listen to an encouraging podcast
13) go to the gym
14) make a card for a friend (or make a bunch of cards for friends)
15) bike ride
Wall Street Journal (via karibu-nyumbani)
So so relevant
Slow morning 🌞🌾