Feeling down? Overstimulated or stressed? Same. Here is a simple list of free or affordable things you can do right now to lift your spirits.

1. Apply some lotion or moisturizer to your body and face.
2. Learn how to style your hair a new way.
3. Write a short list of 3 things you’re sincerely grateful for.
4. Open your journal and freewrite – write without judging or stopping or self-editing- for five minutes. You can burn the piece of paper if it’s private.
5. Get yourself some nice markers or colored pencils, and start drawing little cartoons. Cartoons are easy to draw and there’s no wrong way to do it.
6. Get yourself a new planner and put your responsibilities on the calendar. Color code the activities.
7. Make an Amazon wish list and a Pinterest board for your dream apartment or house.
8. Go for a brief walk outside. If it’s hard to motivate yourself to walk, try making your destination a local store where you can buy yourself something small. Treat yourself, ya know?
9. Go on Wikipedia and research a topic from history or science that you’ve always been interested in.
10. Put on some music. Then clean and redecorate/rearrange your bedroom, just like we did when we were teenagers.
11. Speaking of music, make a new playlist themed around a specific mood. Or you can make a music playlist that reminds you of your favorite fictional character from a book, movie, or tv show.
12. Just so you know, if you live anywhere near a Barnes and Noble, Doordash will deliver you books to read!
13. Make a new group chat for some of your favorite friends. Send each other some memes.
14. Give yourself permission to be lazy in bed but use that time to daydream and fantasize about your dream life. This is a form of visualization exercise and might give you some ideas for how to become your best self.
15. If you’re really overwhelmed right now, get yourself a stuffed animal and cuddle with it.
16. Play a video game on your phone or computer.
17. Start a new show or movie that people have been recommending to you.
18. Look up concerts and events you might like to go to someday. Then throw $10 in a savings account to start saving up for the event.
19. Write a heartfelt letter to your ex and never send it. Destroy it if you need to.
20. If you’re home alone, put on slippers and a bathrobe and blast some music in your house.
21. Learn to meditate. Or try praying.
22. Take an everything shower and then take cute selfies of yourself. Take a risk and send them to your crush.
23. Learn how to use tarot cards.
24. Look up cute animals online and watch wholesome videos of them.
25. Go on Amazon and get yourself a Kindle Unlimited subscription. For $10 a month you get a massive library of digital books to read. And they’re sooo good. Pick one out that interests you and read it on your phone.

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