10 Self-Care Mood Boosters

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1. Journal Every Morning

2. Go Outside For A Daily Walk

3. Take Time To Indulge In Some Pampering

4. Spend More Time With Family And Friends

5. Declutter Your Home

6. Practice Positive Affirmations

7. Get More Sleep Every Night

8. Read More Books

9. Take Up Yoga

10. Schedule Time For Daily Meditation

Use A Ceramic Mug As A Sharpening Stone

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Stuck without a sharpening stone? Your ceramic mug can save the day! Just find one with a flat, unglazed bottom. Hold it steady and angle your knife at 20 degrees. Gently draw the blade across the mug’s bottom, then repeat on the other side. Voila! A sharper knife.

8 Essential Spiritual Truths

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1. You are a Child of God. You are inherently and uniquely wonderful and worthy.
2. When we change, the world changes
3. Our best self emerges when we support other people.
4. We aren’t defeated by adversity, but by the loss of will to strive.
5. Where there is life, there is always hope.
6. Just because we’ve suffered in the past, doesn’t mean we can’t be incredibly happy now and in the future.
7. We are ALL connected, realizing this with gratitude is the happiest way to live.
8. We each have a unique mission that only we can fulfill.

Flyting

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Think rap battles were a modern invention? Think again! Medieval poets were dropping fire bars centuries ago, though they called it ‘flyting’ – a verbal showdown where insults flew faster than arrows.

If Birds Are Flying Low

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Falling air pressure causes pain in birds’ ears, so if birds are flying low to the ground, it almost always means a storm is coming.

4 Thought Redirects

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Why didn’t I start earlier? The past can’t be changed, but there’s no better time to start than now. What is the point in trying? Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed? I’m going to treat each day as my last, and make the most out of it. This is too hard. I can’t do it. Success is challenging, but that makes effort worth it. I will grow into my goals. So many people are ahead of me and doing better than I am. Everyone has different journeys and problems. Comparing is a waste of time.