Little Things You Can Do to Create
More Joy-Filled Moments
Patty Wooten, RN
Winter 1999
Plant a garden
Listen to a symphony
Make a list of your good qualities
Hug a child
Receive a compliment without apology
Meditate
Go backpacking
Give clothes to a charity
Look at clouds
Make herb tea
Eat by candlelight
Write poetry
Day dream
Bake bread
Tell someone you love them
Call a friend
Go to a concert
Go to a ball game
Walk in the grass with your shoes off
Write a letter
Go window-shopping
Go skinny-dipping
Have a water fight
Ride a train
Sleep with warm covers
Go horseback riding
Go bowling
Throw a frisbee
Build a fire
Go to bed early
Listen to a story
Walk or run on the beach
Watch a sunset
Go flying
Express appreciation
Take 10 deep slow breaths
Take a pottery class
Write in your journal
Clean out a closet
Pull weeds
Walk in the rain
Listen to children laugh
Sit by the fire
Get your back rubbed
Sing
Read a novel
Fly a kite
Read a magazine
Play a board game
Swim
Pop some popcorn
Go to a museum
Take a drive to the mountains
Buy a present
Have a barbecue
Take a child for a walk
Wear new socks or underwear
Have breakfast in bed
Swing on a swing
Ride a carousel
Go roller-skating
Jump in a pile of leaves
Hold a baby
Play a musical instrument
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