Small Things You Can Do Every Day

Morning Activities:

• Journal about the coming day (it can be as little as a sentence)

• Pinpoint three priorities of your coming day 

• Write down one thing that you are looking forward to later in the week

• Make coffee/ tea

• Pick out an outfit that has you ready to slay the day

• Make your bed and arrange your stuffed animals properly

• Sit by a window as though you were a plant absorbing the sun

Movement and Body

• Take at least one walk where you get to leave the house and/or your work environment

• Practice basic hygiene like brushing your teeth, washing your face and taking shower

• Take your meds (set alarm on your phone if need be)

• Move your body for 20 minutes to get your daily dose of cardio

• Consider a gym membership

House Maintenance 

• Pick a small area of your house (a drawer or half a cabinet) and declutter that area. If it isn’t contributing to your house toss it

• Do a load of laundry (pick a laundry day. Mine is Monday.)

• Open a window to get some fresh fall air

• Do three minute tidy up (or however long your favorite song is)

• Wash dishes as you go

• Make a shopping list by adding as needed items as you go. Pick one day a week to go to the store

• Make that important phone call (doctor’s visit? Hair appointment?)

• Pay a bill

• Put unscheduled expenses into your budget

• Go through your mail

• Meal prep (done once a week)

Digital Maintenance

• Free up storage

• Delete those pesky apps that sneak onto your phone along with the stuff you actually need

Productivity

• Put your phone on silent

• Draft a “to-do list” for tomorrow

• Do a brain dump getting everything muddled in your head out

• Put key events in your calender

• Check and answer emails

• Pick a primary task and spend an hour on it before taking a short break

• Make a dent in a task you haven’t started yet

• When you are done with your computer or with your project put everything away and back up your work

Resets

• Put away your tasks and pick up a book you are in the middle of or a moderately short Youtube video you’ve been meaning to watch

• Have a cup of cider or hot chocolate outside (or inside if weather is not permitting)

• Do a brief body scan and meditation

• Do something that is fun but not necessarily productive

• Watch a TV show or rewatch a favorite movie

Socializing

• Send a friend a text or a meme (I texted half my contacts a clip of Winnie the Pooh celebrating autumn)

• Send a friend a well deserved thank you card

• Establish physical contact with someone- a hug, a kiss, making love with a partner

• Answer a person you’ve neglected recently

Evenings

• Plan out your clothes for the next day

• Write down three things you are grateful for

• Write down three things you accomplished today

• Pray (obviously not for everyone but I like closing the day by whispering to God)