A List of Pleasant Things to Do for YOU!
Things to do on your own:
Write a letter to a friend
Write a short story or poem
Write in your diary
Play a computer game
Learn or practice a musical instrument
Paint
Draw
Do some pottery
Sing
Knit
Do some woodwork
Do a jigsaw puzzle or crossword
Read a good novel
Read an interesting non-fiction book
Read your favourite newspaper
Study a language
Buy or make a present for someone
Look through your favourite photo album
List things you have enjoyed in the past
Play a card game (eg Patience)
Things to do around the house:
Do some gardening
Do some handy work around the house
Rearrange the furniture in the house
Have a big 'spring clean'
Do some sewing
Listen to music
Dance to music
Watch television
Play with your pets
Sit in the sun
Make a cake
Social activities:
Phone a friend
Visit a friend or neighbour
Prepare a special meal for friends or family
See a play, ballet or opera
See your favourite band
Go to your favourite restaurant or cafe
Play with your children
Invite friends over for a DVD and popcorn
Hold a games evening (eg Trivial Pursuit)
Ask yourself over to a friend's place
Active Things:
Go for a stroll, brisk walk or bush walk
Go jogging
Go roller-skating
Hire a bike
Hire a tandem bike
Do some aerobics
Do some weight lifting
Arrange a game of tennis or squash
Kick a ball around the oval
Run up and down stairs for a few minutes
Join an orienteering club
Do ten minutes of gentle stretching exercises
Play ping pong
Have a game of golf
Go for a swim
Fly a kite
Go surfing
Go fishing
Things to do away from home:
Walk along the beach
Go to a movie
Visit a zoo
Go to a local market
Go shopping
Go to the library
Visit a book shop
Visit an art gallery
Visit a museum
Go to a poetry reading
Watch a game of football or soccer
Things to do to pamper Yourself!
Have (or give yourself) a facial
Have a massage
Give someone else a facial or massage
Buy yourself a new piece of clothing or
another special gift
Paint your fingernails
Have a bubble bath
Try out new hairstyles
Have a haircut or get your hair coloured
Hug your favourite person
Eat your favourite food
Try different perfumes in a department store
Buy yourself a bunch of flowers...
(from Overcoming Depression Group programme, Community Mental Health Service Central Network MH SESIAHS)
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing
A growing body of epidemiological evidence indicates that greater exposure to, or ‘contact with’, natural environments (such as parks, woodlands and beaches) is associated with better health and well-being, at least among populations in high income, largely urbanised, societies. While the quantity and quality of evidence varies across outcomes, living in greener urban areas is associated with lower probabilities of cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, asthma hospitalisation, mental distress, and ultimately mortality, among adults; and lower risks of obesity and myopia in children. Greater quantities of neighbourhood nature are also associated with better self-reported health, and subjective well-being in adults, and improved birth outcomes, and cognitive development, in children.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44097-3#ref-CR2
Things to do on your own:
Write a letter to a friend
Write a short story or poem
Write in your diary
Play a computer game
Learn or practice a musical instrument
Paint
Draw
Do some pottery
Sing
Knit
Do some woodwork
Do a jigsaw puzzle or crossword
Read a good novel
Read an interesting non-fiction book
Read your favourite newspaper
Study a language
Buy or make a present for someone
Look through your favourite photo album
List things you have enjoyed in the past
Play a card game (eg Patience)
Things to do around the house:
Do some gardening
Do some handy work around the house
Rearrange the furniture in the house
Have a big 'spring clean'
Do some sewing
Listen to music
Dance to music
Watch television
Play with your pets
Sit in the sun
Make a cake
Social activities:
Phone a friend
Visit a friend or neighbour
Prepare a special meal for friends or family
See a play, ballet or opera
See your favourite band
Go to your favourite restaurant or cafe
Play with your children
Invite friends over for a DVD and popcorn
Hold a games evening (eg Trivial Pursuit)
Ask yourself over to a friend's place
Active Things:
Go for a stroll, brisk walk or bush walk
Go jogging
Go roller-skating
Hire a bike
Hire a tandem bike
Do some aerobics
Do some weight lifting
Arrange a game of tennis or squash
Kick a ball around the oval
Run up and down stairs for a few minutes
Join an orienteering club
Do ten minutes of gentle stretching exercises
Play ping pong
Have a game of golf
Go for a swim
Fly a kite
Go surfing
Go fishing
Things to do away from home:
Walk along the beach
Go to a movie
Visit a zoo
Go to a local market
Go shopping
Go to the library
Visit a book shop
Visit an art gallery
Visit a museum
Go to a poetry reading
Watch a game of football or soccer
Things to do to pamper Yourself!
Have (or give yourself) a facial
Have a massage
Give someone else a facial or massage
Buy yourself a new piece of clothing or
another special gift
Paint your fingernails
Have a bubble bath
Try out new hairstyles
Have a haircut or get your hair coloured
Hug your favourite person
Eat your favourite food
Try different perfumes in a department store
Buy yourself a bunch of flowers...
(from Overcoming Depression Group programme, Community Mental Health Service Central Network MH SESIAHS)
Spending at least 120 minutes a week in nature is associated with good health and wellbeing
A growing body of epidemiological evidence indicates that greater exposure to, or ‘contact with’, natural environments (such as parks, woodlands and beaches) is associated with better health and well-being, at least among populations in high income, largely urbanised, societies. While the quantity and quality of evidence varies across outcomes, living in greener urban areas is associated with lower probabilities of cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, asthma hospitalisation, mental distress, and ultimately mortality, among adults; and lower risks of obesity and myopia in children. Greater quantities of neighbourhood nature are also associated with better self-reported health, and subjective well-being in adults, and improved birth outcomes, and cognitive development, in children.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44097-3#ref-CR2