How To Feel Better

Stargaze. Go outside and stare at the clouds in silence. Notice something you haven't noticed before. Believe that you're enough. Remember that you're always exactly where you need to be. Imagine how someone else feels from your words and actions. Listen to beautiful music with headphones. Look at green grass and blue skies. Stare at sheep. Eat celery. Toast almonds until they smell like fried chicken but wait at least ten minutes before eating them. Ride a bicycle when it's raining. Go for long drives and listen to favorite songs that remind you of certain times. Make a sandwich to share with a friend or a stranger. Talk to strangers. Embrace the imperfection of life. Make a paper flower and give it to someone. Play Scrabble with your family and watch personalities unfold. Make care bags and give them to people in need wherever you travel. Treat yourself to an ice cream from the ice cream man and pay for the kids behind you. Surround yourself with inspiring people and learn how to convey the same feeling in others. Learn a new language. Develop an interest in the cosmos. Come up with endings to conspiracy theories. Come up with beginnings to inevitable ends. Contemplate time travel. Moo with the cows. Pick up trash. Drink water. Pee a lot. Wash the car. Memorize a rap song and recite it as loud as you can. Look at bugs. Laugh at scary things. Philosophize about something at least twice a day. Practice drawing wisdom from daily reflections. Don't reflect without finding wisdom. Fall in love with the progress you've made and how far you've come since ten years ago. Ask your sister's friend what she wanted to be when she was a kid. Be spontaneous. Be curious. Do what made you feel free when you were young. Be a kid. Adapt like a chameleon. Undertake the hardest challenges knowing you will get something out of it. Never settle for anything less than what you deserve. Decide what to eat before the time comes. When you don't have food, look forward to a time when you will and savor every last bite. Sacrifice at least one thing you're addicted to and replace it with a healthy habit. Learn Morse Code. Jump in puddles. Smile at someone on the train. Write a message in a bottle and go to the beach. Care about everything you do. Don't be afraid to care too much. Keep your goals a secret. Follow through with your promises especially to yourself but don't make them too big. Make volunteering a part of your daily/monthly/weekly routine. Serve others unconditionally. Notice things that you've never noticed before. Fold clothes at a clothing store while your mom is shopping and prepare to be offered a job. Prepare dinner with your friend once a week. Don't set your alarm clock for tomorrow morning. Focus on one thing at a time. Be thankful for the struggles that you intend to grow from. Read a story out loud like you're reading a bedtime story to your kid. Tell the bank teller you like her nails. Brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand. Remember your favorite smell and imagine a life built from it. Listen to a song that embodies your life to remind you of all of the beautiful moments you've experienced. Frame a piece of art or a photograph and find a place for it in your home. Alternate framed artwork and photographs around your space. Always remember that insight does not bring change, change brings insight. Make a collage of sunday comics that make you laugh. Wear your parents clothes and cherish their scent. Kiss a photograph of your grandma and promise her you'll do very good. Poop like you mean it. Slap a hand made from a rubber glove and beans and give yourself a high five before you leave for the day. Gather things you hold close to your heart and put them in a bag in case of the apocalypse. Thank your sister's friends for being her friends. Draw with your non-dominant hand and pat yourself on the back for trying something new. Write with your non-dominant hand and admire your inner-child. Ask someone what their philosophy is. Hug somebody else's dog. Pet an animal or creature you fear the most. Eat breakfast outside while the sun rises and listen to the birds talk about where they'd like to fly next. Remind yourself you'll never be as lonely as the Kauai 'O' o. Don't remember your dreams and see what happens. Interrupt negative thoughts with a random thought. Never stop wondering. Become a bunny and nibble on carrots. Start a book collection. Start a book and finish it. Take smaller bites. Make a playlist that resonates with your childhood. Look up tongue twisters and practice them like a performer every morning. Do ten push ups whenever you feel stuck in an uncomfortable feeling. Have faith in something that seems impossible. Pick a random address and send a postcard to them. Make up a riddle and ask someone to solve it. Have faith in a higher power. Inspire greatness in others by just being you. Control less, lead more by example. Hug someone 5 seconds longer than usual. Memorize Pi to the hundredth. Write poems on your windows, or complicated equations to excuse your moments of madness, that way you could blame it on your genius and not your old age. Lead your dreams instead of following them blindly. Think about what you'd like to dream about in order to go to sleep. Eat a salad for a meal twice a week. Do a cartwheel on the street. Freeze diced mangoes and blueberries and taste the flavors of complementary colors. Do good deeds without anybody knowing. Keep your deeds a secret. Make a playlist of three songs that sum up your life to play at your funeral. Experiment. Experiment. Experiment. Create a deeply personal project. Record your favorite songs on a cassette tape and play it in a walkman. Walk to the top of a hill on a precipitous morning, open your lungs, see your breath, and feel your body vibrate with endorphins. See a shooting star and wish for somebody else's wish to come true. Fall in love with your flaws. Talk to yourself about important things. Come up with your own to-do list of random things. Do nothing every once in a while. Feel bored for a minute but never too long. Refer back to this list if you ever feel like you're losing interest in life. Be miserably happy and know that everything will always be okay.