Go raid your father's or grandfather’s closet.
Go to a craft, thrift, or antique store and buy a bunch of cheap patches. Messily hand-stitch them onto a big ol’ pair of jeans. (I strongly recommend this one)
Go find somewhere secluded and scream.
Watch music videos that you were obsessed with as a preteen.
Go for a walk and collect flowers.
Paint rocks.
Call your mother.
Learn to bake madeleines.
Drop off old clothes or items at your local donation center.
SIT BY THE SEA!
Take the bus as far as you can and go exploring. (bring extra change and be safe)
Try to find the strangest conspiracy theory you can and research it vigorously.
Take BuzzFeed quizzes.
Buy cheap plates, write your worries on them, and smash them.
Clean out under your bed. (cause I know you’ve been meaning to for months)
Stretch outside.
Drive aimlessly and get lost.
Try to make your bed in a different way than usual.
Or just simply, make your bed.
Or, strip your bed of all of its sheets and spray your mattress with your favourite perfume. Think about who you are. Come back to yourself.
Go for a walk and compliment as many people as you can.
Take everything off your walls and rearrange it all.
Reposition your bed. It changed my fucking life.
Journal until your hand cramps up.
Go to the pet store and play with the adoptable cats.
Take out the trash.
Walk barefoot on grass.
Run. As fast as you can.
Search for estate or garage sales near you.
Read your saved substacks that you haven’t gotten around to yet.
Reorganize your Pinterest or make vision boards.
Go to a public library and read books you usually wouldn’t pick up for an hour or two.
Touch trees.
Create an alter ego and embody them.
Chug a bottle of water.
Try to catch the sunrise.
Go to the cinema for an early morning movie in your pajamas.
Tell everyone you love that you love them.
Write down what’s been eating away at you. Then write down what still gives you life and hope.
Leave kind reviews for your favourite places.
Reorganize your drawers.
Change into the comfiest outfit you own. (bonus points for slippers too)
Eat an apple while on a walk.
Light every candle you own.
Eat your next meal outside.
Take a mug or glass on a walk with you.
Talk to plants.
Listen to music that you stopped listening to because other people thought it was cringe.
Go to a farmers’ market.
Go to a grocery store or bakery or cafe and buy that treat that you never let yourself buy.
Take a nap with your best blankets and incense and music and pajamas. Make it absolutely, over-the-top luxurious.
Cut or dye your hair yourself. It grows back.
Wear the item in your closet that you’ve never worn.
Do a Duolingo lesson.
Download Whering and take pics of all your clothes and build outfits. (not sponsored, just obsessed with this app)
Swim in a cold lake or ocean near you.
Devour a whole book in a day.
Cuddle your pets.
Play the CDs or vinyls you never reach for and just listen. Don’t do anything else. Just listen.
Ask your grandmother how to sew or bake her signature dish.
Watch a movie in a language you don’t understand and paint your nails.
Dust your furniture.
Paint a birdhouse.
Learn to write with your non-dominant hand.
Take a bubble bath with salts and flower petals and candles and tea.
Listen to your discover weekly.
Drink something out of a wine glass.
Search for a four-leaf-clover.
Collage an Altoids case.
Close your eyes and feel how alive you are.
absolutely loveeee this list <3<3 it’s like a warm hug for the soul