DAY 8: SPEND TIME OUTDOORS
For most individuals, nature is a tranquil environment. You may benefit from the clean air, the splendor, and the tranquility of nature in a variety of ways, including by clearing your mind and improving your creativity and mindfulness.
Spend some time outside walking or simply sitting in nature and observing your surroundings. Get outside and breathe some fresh air. Long-distance walking outside is not only excellent exercise, but the appropriate quantities of vitamin D exposure may also improve your mood.
Make it enjoyable by visiting your preferred route or path. You may even include your family, your spouse, your favorite podcast, or a buddy by making a phone call.
DAY 9: LAUGH
Laughter is indeed the best medicine, as it has several positive health effects. Do something funny today, and preferably every day, to make yourself chuckle. You can laugh out loud by watching amusing movies, videos, or TV shows, reading a funny book, conversing with funny people, playing with your crazy pet, or browsing humorous memes online.
DAY 10: SPOIL YOURSELF
It is not self-indulgent to spoil oneself; rather, it is required. We must take the effort to constantly remind ourselves that we are unique and deserving of happiness in life. More abundant possibilities will start to show up when we are kind to ourselves and feel that we have earned them.
Today, treat yourself to something wonderful because you deserve it.
More Challenges to Add to Your List
After finishing your self-care challenge, you might want to take on another one. Enjoy life and keep adding tasks to your list in whatever order!
- Give up alcohol for 30 days
- Drink herbal tea before bed
- Spend time coloring
- Watch a TED Talk
- Do yoga
- Eat your meals without distractions, like your phone or TV
- Skip added sugar
- Walk 10,000 steps a day
- Feng shui a room in your home
- Set a reminder for three mental breaks during your day
- Join an online workout class
- Start a morning journal
- Write down three kind things you did today
- Do 10 push-ups
- Be creative and try painting
- Write a business plan
- Start a hobby like cross stitch
- Make a sugar scrub
- Take a personal day
- Call a friend
- Go swimming (just for fun)
- Write a love letter to yourself
- Treat yourself to a massage
- Make your bedroom a zen room
- Light incense or a candle
- Try something new
- Learn how to grow something
- Create a fitness goal (run a marathon)
- Complete a puzzle
- Video chat a family member
- Sketch a landscape
- Do 30 sit-ups
- Declutter your space
- Eat something green with every meal
- Get rid of 3 things you don’t use
- Have a spontaneous date night
- Say “no” to someone
