Just because you started the day poorly doesn't mean you can't end it on a high.
Here are 13 things you can do in the next hour to turn an OK day into an outstanding day:
Here are 13 things you can do in the next hour to turn an OK day into an outstanding day:
1. Learn a tiny thing in depth.
Pick something you’ve always wanted to know more about but never had time for.
Spend an hour or three going deep on the topic.
Pick something you’ve always wanted to know more about but never had time for.
Spend an hour or three going deep on the topic.
• The Sahara desert.
• The Napoleonic wars.
• Poached eggs.
• Aristotle.
There’s a lot you can learn in even an hour of focus.
This will turn your day around because you’re actively gaining knowledge, which is an asset.
• The Napoleonic wars.
• Poached eggs.
• Aristotle.
There’s a lot you can learn in even an hour of focus.
This will turn your day around because you’re actively gaining knowledge, which is an asset.
2. Message ten or twenty people.
This could be for growing your business and reaching out to new prospects.
But it could also be to take your attention off yourself for a change and make others feel better.
This could be for growing your business and reaching out to new prospects.
But it could also be to take your attention off yourself for a change and make others feel better.
3. Go to the gym and lift some heavy things.
Get sweaty.
Release some toxins while boosting feel-good chemicals.
You can’t help but experience a raised mood quickly.
Get sweaty.
Release some toxins while boosting feel-good chemicals.
You can’t help but experience a raised mood quickly.
4. Create some expressive art.
Humans were designed to create.
You’re miserable because you’ve sat on your fat butt all day consuming shit.
Humans were designed to create.
You’re miserable because you’ve sat on your fat butt all day consuming shit.
Create something without concern for the consequences.
• An oil painting.
• Some baked-dough figurines.
• Write some bad erotic fiction.
Now you’re alive again.
• An oil painting.
• Some baked-dough figurines.
• Write some bad erotic fiction.
Now you’re alive again.
5. Act as if.
Spend the rest of your day as though the first part had been the best of your life.
How would you behave if you were on a high?
Well, guess what?
You will be high when you choose to act like it.
Spend the rest of your day as though the first part had been the best of your life.
How would you behave if you were on a high?
Well, guess what?
You will be high when you choose to act like it.
6. Beat the shit out of inanimate objects.
Get a punching bag or a pillow and go to town on that poor thing.
Do this with a cheeky glint in your eye. This isn’t about being all-out cynically violent.
This is a fun and aggressive release.
Get a punching bag or a pillow and go to town on that poor thing.
Do this with a cheeky glint in your eye. This isn’t about being all-out cynically violent.
This is a fun and aggressive release.
7. Write an article.
Write about something that worries you.
Be open and real.
Get emotional.
Share it, but have no expectations about how the article does.
Just enjoy this process.
Write about something that worries you.
Be open and real.
Get emotional.
Share it, but have no expectations about how the article does.
Just enjoy this process.
8. Have a sauna.
Ideally, combine this with cold water immersion, like a cold shower or ice bath.
This is a kind of shock therapy that studies show improves mood but also other things like immunity.
Ideally, combine this with cold water immersion, like a cold shower or ice bath.
This is a kind of shock therapy that studies show improves mood but also other things like immunity.
9. Do hill sprints.
These are hard, and that’s why I included them here.
High-intensity exercise like this (or running up and down stairs) will rarely excite you initially.
But once you’re done you will feel monumental.
These are hard, and that’s why I included them here.
High-intensity exercise like this (or running up and down stairs) will rarely excite you initially.
But once you’re done you will feel monumental.
10. Laugh like a buffoon on crack for 5 minutes.
You can start by fake laughing.
The laughter will raise your frequency even if you aren’t initially ‘happy.’
Laughter will boost your mood.
You can start by fake laughing.
The laughter will raise your frequency even if you aren’t initially ‘happy.’
Laughter will boost your mood.
11. Go on a hike or walk in the woods.
Touch leaves. Be in nature.
Be like some badass naturalist, document the flora and fauna and go into this with an empty mind and see what shows up.
Touch leaves. Be in nature.
Be like some badass naturalist, document the flora and fauna and go into this with an empty mind and see what shows up.
12. Plan your year.
Go big and go exciting.
Brainstorm ideas on what you’d love to do, even if you had no fear.
Making new commitments to bold things is enlivening.
Go big and go exciting.
Brainstorm ideas on what you’d love to do, even if you had no fear.
Making new commitments to bold things is enlivening.
13. Give yourself the gift of reading for fun.
Many people read in the context of: ‘they should read.’
They make it a high-pressure activity and the fun is drained.
Instead, approach a solid hour of reading as something to enjoy, and you will be lifted.
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Many people read in the context of: ‘they should read.’
They make it a high-pressure activity and the fun is drained.
Instead, approach a solid hour of reading as something to enjoy, and you will be lifted.
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