Making Maximum Impact - Give yourself a mood boost

There are many little changes we can make in our
lives that can give our mood a boost, boosting your mood
brightens up your day, brings a smile and makes life that little
bit easier to deal with. Just by making the smallest changes and
taking as little as 5 minutes from your day you could be
surprised with the difference it can make. It doesn't have to be
anything outlandish, just something you wouldn't normally
consider doing.
Here are some tips to help give you that quick mood
boost and can be done whenever you are feeling out of
sorts with the world or feeling a little down.
If you have 5
minutes to spare you can:
- Take out your daily goal planner and write
something down that you
already completed today and cross it straight off the list
- Take the weight off your feet and eat one of your
5 daily portions
of fruit or vegetables.
- Look at yourself in the mirror and pull as many
different funny
faces as you can in 5 minutes
- Read the comics in the daily paper
- Take a quick shower or at least splash your face
with water
- Use some of that expensive perfume or cologne
that you bought for
special occasions.
If you have 15
minutes to spare you can:
- De-clutter your desk or an area of your home.
- Treat yourself to a moisturizing mask.
- Change into a favorite piece of clothing and
admire yourself.
- Do a few
quick and easy exercises or stretches.
- Read a few pages of a book or magazine you enjoy.
- Make yourself a big fresh fruit smoothie, sit
down and enjoy it.
- Make a list of all the people you haven't been in
touch with in a while
and schedule a time to call each of them.
- Write down what you have enjoyed doing so far
during the day in your
journal.
- Find a comfortable spot, close your eyes and
enjoy the silence,
sound of rain or chirping birds.
If you have 30
minutes spare you can:
- Call someone you haven't talked with in a while
and catch up on all
the gossip you missed.
- Use your computer to look for ideas for your
summer vacation.
- Take a soak in a tub full of your favorite
bubbles or skin softener.
- Listen to your favorite CD.
- Go to your local store and treat yourself.
- Go for a walk and say hello to everyone you meet.
- Turn off the TV, phone and anything else that
could disturb you and
sit down and enjoy peace and quiet for a half-hour.
- Plan a quiet romantic meal.
- Write a letter to someone special and mail it.
- Discover a new recipe on the Internet and plan to
cook it for
dinner.
- Replace any old photographs you have in frames
with more updated
pictures.
Article by Bibi Apampa a High Performance Business
Coach at http://www.MakeMaximumImpact.com