It's okay to not be okay.

25 things to do when you're feeling sad

1. Take a trip to the grocery store and purchase every unusual fruit in the produce section. Invite a friend over to eat them with you.
2. Pack yourself a blanket, a xylophone (buy one from Walmart), and strawberries. Go find yourself a meadow and teach yourself how to play.
3. Go beach combing for sand dollars.
4. Construct a container garden. It could be a simple zen sand garden or something more complex like a water garden. Use you imagination.
5. Dry slices of oranges in a 175 degree oven for 4 hours and decorate a tree with them.
6. Mix up a batch of play dough and sculpt something. Recipe: 2 cups flour, 2 cups salt, 1 cup water. Bake these until hard and turn them into ornaments.
7. Walk barefoot in the grass and really feel it.
8. Word lovers, try learning the lyrics to The Vestibulessong, Bulbous Bouffant.
9. Put on a beret, make yourself some crepes, and speak with a french accent all day long.
10. Paint a canvas outdoors. Use the colors that speak to you and create. Don't be upset if it doesn't turn out perfectly.
11. Send out a positive message via helium balloon.
12. Have a sadness ceremony. Write down all those ugly feelings on pieces of paper and use them as kindling for a fire.
13. Assemble a bouquet of flowers from your house garden.
14. Go for a hike, wander off the beaten path and leave a trail of bird seed behind you.
15. Write a positive message on a piece of paper and tape it to the wall by your bed so that it's the first thing you see when you open your eyes.
16. Release your inner mermaid. Go swimming.
17. Collect, create, design symbols of good luck and adorn your entrance way with them.
18. Go shopping for vintage clothing with the goofiest person you know. Turn it into a photo shoot.
19. Dress in the colors of the sea and visit an aquarium.
20. Collect a bunch of branches, put them in a vase and hang handcrafted love notes from them.
21. Plan a night under the stars. Pack a blanket, a flashlight, something warm to drink, a bit of food and a book on recognizing constellations. If that's not possible, there's always the planetarium. Include a friend.
22. Play sick for a day. Collect all the things you'll need to keep you entertained during your stay on the couch or in bed. Put on your favorite pajamas. Gather a few movies that either make you laugh or cry and a box of tissues, a pitcher of ice water, crossword puzzles, a good book and lots of snacks. Allow yourself this day and promise that you'll wake up a happy productive person on the following day.
23. Make a gift for a friend and send it via post office.
24. Yell about whatever it is that has you upset and break your ugly dishes on the floor while you do it. I don't exactly understand why but breaking ugly dishes makes me feel better.
25. Play a game of Don't Let It Touch The Floor with a balloon. Do it alone while dancing to The Godfather's Waltz.