Get Excited About Life

Get Excited My Friend About Life

If you are feeling like you are stuck in a rut or that life doesn’t offer you any real surprises on your journey.  There are things that you can choose to do that will allow you to feel a sense of wonder again and help you get a little wonder in your life.

Activities for Fun:

-Make a list of six things you could do this evening.  Then roll a dice and let the fates decide your activity!

-Find somebody else on the Internet with the same name as you, get in touch and try to make a new friend.

- Visit Wikipedia and click the “Random Article” link on the left hand side.  Get lost in the site of and hour, discovering worlds you never knew existed.  If the article talks about a place nearby, drive there.

-Decide to say “Yes!” to everything for a month, a week or even just for a day.  See what doors open for you!

-Open an atlas, close your eyes, and randomly stab your finger anywhere on the page.  Decide to go there for your next vacation.

-Join an internet dating site, and remember what it feels like to flirt a little!

Lookup and hook up with old friends from school.

-Buy an item of food from the supermarket you would never usually purchase.  Indulge!

-Send a random “Hello!” text message to the person with the cell number one digit up and down from you.

-Get to know our neighbors

-Decide to “play” today.  Go to the seaside, enjoy a little bowling, play a board-game with family!

Be mischievous.  Play a prank and don’t worry about getting caut!

-Enjoy a leisurely meal with your lovedones…..share the preparation of the meal…..enjoy the time together.

-Celebrate your love ones by creating a family journal of photos, notes and special memories.

-Spend time walking in an inspiring natural location with a friend yo haven’t seen for a while.  Enjoy conversing with your friend – listen to their insights and share some of yours.

-Go for a 20 minute power walk to clear your mind, boost you curculaton and improve your energy levels.

-Buy 12 life changing books and read one a month.

Try a completely new activity- something you haven’t done before and enjoy the adventure of learning something new.

-Sit under a tree for an hour or three and just do nothing.  Listen to the sound of nature’s voice.  Enjoy the stillness of being in the moment

-Do something nice for someone you don’t know and do it anonymously.  Your feel good factor will soar as a result of our kindness.

-Join a dance class. Go wild, have fun and enjoy the freedom of moving to the music.  Try a local five rhythms class if you prefer spiritual over disco or salsa.

-Spend a night atargazing.  You cannot fail to be awe inspired by teh magical, vast universe that is out there.

-Rekindle old friendships…spend a day catching up and enjoying the company of old friends

-Go out to the nearest city with the intention of making one new friend.  Strike up random conversations, visit coffee shops and libraries, and see where the day takes you.

-Be creative: take a pottery class: learn how to paint with oils: try basket weaving.

-Do something spontaneous, and for no reason at all

-Go visit a nearby comedy club

-Anything else you can think of that will spice up your existence and allow you to stay out of a rut.