122 Simple And Practical Ways To Get The Most Out of Life When You Have Bipolar Disorder
There are some simple and practical ways to get the most out of life.
In life, most of us just want to be happy, right? Can we agree on that?
I compiled a list of ideas, many of which you may have already tried, but they are a glorious reminder. Some of these suggestions will provide you with greater satisfaction than others.
122 Practical Ways To Get The Most Out Of Life And Improve Your Mental Health
1) Find a Higher Purpose
2) Go to Bed at The Same Time Each Night and Get Up at the Same Time Each Day
3) Forgiveness
4) Meditation
5) Gratitude
6) Socialize (with friends, extended family, and immediate family)
7) Keep all your medications updated
8) Maintain a regular schedule with your therapist
9) Exercise
10) NEVER GIVE UP
11) Volunteer
12) Eat a healthy diet
13) Learn something new
14) Pursue a new hobby
15) Set short-term and long-term goals
16) Keep a mood chart
17) Take your medication daily
18) Maintain your personal hygiene
19) Make your bed
20) Organize the environment around you
21) Read a book
22) Cook a nice meal
23) Get a haircut
24) Adopt a shelter pet
25) Take a road trip
26) Stay the night at a hotel in a nearby town
27) Buy a new outfit
28) Go to a movie
29) Rent a movie
30) Clean your living space
31) Travel abroad
32) Utilize aromatherapy
33) Sit by a fire
34) Stargaze
35) Roast marshmallows
36) Climb a tree
37) Go to the beach
38) Burn incense
39) Play a sport
40) Go on a picnic
41) Attend a sporting event
42) Visit the mountains
43) Take a walk
44) Get a manicure/pedicure
45) Write a poem
46) Go for a drive
47) Donate Your old clothes
48) Go to the library
49) Open a savings account and save each month
50) Get outside
51) Run a half marathon or full marathon
52) Play at a Park
53) Get a massage
54) Compliment a stranger
55) Give a massage
56) Play a board game
57) Eat dinner by candlelight
58) Snuggle with someone you love
59) Reconnect with an old friend
60) NEVER GIVE UP
61) Build something
62) Listen to music
63) Eat chocolate
64) Play a video game
65) Window shop
66) Use a Himalayan salt lamp
67) Buy Flowers for Someone
68) Build a fort
69) Buy a gift for someone you love
70) Have a deep conversation late into the night
71) Go to a county fair
72) Hold hands with someone you love
73) Create a vision board
74) Daydream
75) Read a book to a Child
76) Send thank you cards
77) Work hard
78) Do not gossip
79) Attend a wedding
80) Tell your loved ones how much you love them
81) Hug and kiss your loved ones daily
82) Recycle
83) Drink 8 glasses of water per day
84) Always say “goodbye”
85) Write a book
87) Take a family trip
86) Go camping
88) Take a hot bath by candlelight and with bath salts
89) Go fishing
90) Debate something
91) Dance in the rain
92) Laugh so hard you cry
93) Run through the sprinklers
94) Smell the flowers
95) In a drive-thru, buy the person’s meal behind you
96) Reorganize a room in your home
97) Run through freshly cut grass
98) Make up a game
99) Teach someone something new
100) Smile at a stranger and say “hi”
101) Get 8 hours of sleep
102) Take a vacation
103) Go on a date
104) Watch a T.V. show
105) Go for a hike
106) Visit a museum
107) Meditate
108) Make a dinner from scratch
109) Cuddle with your pet
110) Journal
111) Listen to a podcast
112) Walk barefoot in the grass
113) Birdwatch
114) Sing a song
115) Go shopping
116) Drink tea
117) Garden
118) Drink coffee
119) Do something on your to-do list
120) Take a power nap
121) Play hide-n-go-seek with your kiddos
122) Watch the sunrise
