Suggestions for stress relief/mental rejuvenation
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Attend a book or poetry reading
Call a friend
Clean out a closet/room
Dance to the radio
Drive to the mountains
Eat by candlelight
Enjoy silence
Explore a junk shop
Explore a toy store
Go to a fair
Go to a museum
Go to the zoo
Knit/scrap book/crafts
Learn a new word
Listen to a symphony
Listen to night sounds
Listen to the rain
Look at old photos
Make paper airplanes
Meditate
Paint a water color
Picnic in the park
Plant a tree
Play a board game
Play solitaire
Play the piano (or choice of musical instrument)
Play with your kids
Pull weeds
Read a book/magazine
Rearrange a room
Sing
Soak in a hot bath
Stretch
Stroll around the block
Tai Chi
Take a brisk walk
Toss a frisbee
Try origami
Visit an old friend
Walk on a beach
Wash your car
Watch a ball game
Watch a construction crew at work
Watch the birds
Watch the sunrise/sunset
Work a jigsaw puzzle
Write a letter
Write a letter to the editor
Write a poem
Write a song
Write in your journal
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