Focus on Consequences, Not Intentions, If You've Made Someone Angry. 20 Ways to Feel ALIVE!!!!!! Unless you are the second coming of Jesus Christ (if you are, please comment!) It’s impossible not to feel a bit down sometimes. Here are 20 quick ways to revive yourself and get back that “on top of the world” feeling. Stick your body out of a sunroof while the car is driving I can tell you first-hand this one is a lot of fun. If you don’t have a sunroof, a window works just as well. Speeds of 40 mph+ make the experience much more invigorating.
Go experience natureBeing outside just feels right.Destroy something Take out some frustrations on an inanimate object like the printer in ‘Office Space’ Dance! Remember that one time you got a bit tipsy and ACTUALLY danced and didn’t care about everyone watching? Bonus Reader-Suggested Ways Swim in a cold lake, beach or riverI never feel more alive than when I get out after a cold swim and my heart is pumping to keep my body warm. How do you make that feeling permanent? The Everyday Minimalist | Living with less, but only the best. I am not saying to stop loving what you own. Or to stop wanting different pairs of boots in different styles, colours and heights.
I am just saying to stop being emotionally attached to items that in all reality, are not indicators of who you are and your life. Your things are not who you are. Your things are not your memories — take a picture of it and then donate it or give it away. I’ve seen people cry over breaking a mug, and even while it might be your favourite mug, the first one you ever got from your dear Nana who is now deceased — your mug is not your Nana. You are totally right to feel upset about breaking the mug as it was a sentimental item, but you can’t lose the memories just because of a broken thing.
A broken item. See, these things escalate as well. First, you break the mug. Then you lash out to your husband or wife, who is confused about where the hostility is coming from. Everyone’s blood pressure is up, they’re all hurt, confused and now you have to spend time apologizing. The Everyday Minimalist | Living with less, but only the best. Read about my first Ah-Hah! Moment here. There was a time when I thought: more, is more is more. Right? Heck if someone gives me a choice of eating 2 ice cream cones instead of 1 for the same price, I am damn well going to eat two ice cream cones!
More is more! But over the past couple of years, I’ve realized that there is a fine line between buying too many items for too cheap, and buying items that are too expensive. Buying too many items for cheap As in my ice cream cone example above, I run the risk of getting a bellyache, or worse, having to throw up from eating too much sugar, fat, cream & dairy. Every year, I used to buy a pair of new winter boots for $50. As a bonus tie-in to having too many cheap things in your home, Meg had made an excellent point in one of my posts about how having too many things makes a room look less expensive, rather than more.
Buying items that are too expensive.