Enjoyments, Healthy Pleasures List - One of my own lists for myself.
Activities - Their Value - Select your top value activities and emphasize those, considering also the long term value.
My Activities For Low Energy Times - Doing something of value to me but which don't reguire more than low energy.
My Ideal Life Workbook - What activities and other things would I like in my ideal life?
Get your own list by googling...
ACTIVITIES LISTING
TO CHOOSE FROM
Which are the 20 most valuable? You could consider the broader picture by reading the pieces in The Meaning Of Life box in Philosophy Contents/Links.
Seriously, set up your list of favorite activities! Be in abundance about it. It's worth at least a 1/2 hour.
See the lists on the side bar. for more ideas. Keep your list available for your weekly planning and insert as many of the higher value activities as you can, hopefully displacing low value activities. To be able to insert more of value one needs to (and therefore should be motivated to) organize one's life to be productive. Learn and follow the rules, systems, and practices in Time Productivity Contents/Links section.
Category/Types of activities:
Educational, mental
Strictly for fun
Creative leisure
Food
Contribution
Family, friends
Nature
Senseless distractions
FAMILY, FRIENDS
Spend time with family members, friends
"Speak your love"
Play catch
Call an old friend or someone you've been out of touch with...
Write a love letter, letter of appreciation, deep acknowledgement
RELAXING, CALM, PEACE
Take an afternoon nap
Just sit
Sit and listen to music
Sit by a fire
Sing
Listen to a CD/YouTube meditation
Watch a beautiful video of scenes, etc.
CREATIVE LEISURE
Paint a picture
Read poetry
Write a poem
SENTIMENTAL
Make some memories
Look at photos, memories
Write a special acknowledgment note that the
person will keep and treasure
INVIGORATING
Exercise
Get a massage
Run
Dance, alone
Dance with a partner, others
Swim
Play games
Walk in the park
FOOD
Eat ice cream
Bake cookies...
"SPIRITUAL", REFLECTION, GETTING IN TOUCH
Write in a journal
Go to church, synagogue, mosque
Be with children...
Watch a sunset, sunrise
Be silent
Ponder a thought, a philosophy
Listen to the rain
CONTRIBUTION
Visit someone who is lonely
Any act of kindness (even just "being kind")
SELF CARING
A manicure, a pedicure (even for men)
Go to bed early
Take a rejuvenation day
Take a "bed" day
Get a coffee and just sit
Write a love letter to yourself, letter of appreciation
ACTIVE LEISURE
Go for a picnic
Fishing
Gardening
Do a hobby
ENTERTAINMENT
Watch a movie
Watch a movie with someone
Go to a play
Visit a museum, art gallery...
Read a book
NATURE
Sleep under the stars
STRICTLY FOR THE FUN OF IT
Laugh
Giggle
Do something really silly and/or stupid
EDUCATIONAL, MENTAL
Read a book
Take a course
Go look at beautiful homes
Crossword, sudoku
Active leisure
Sentimental
Relaxing, calm, peace
Invigorating
Spiritual, reflection, getting
in touch
Entertainment
Self-Caring
SENSELESS DISTRACTIONS
Surfing the net
Computer games
THE BIGGER PICTURE
You could consider the broader picture by reading the pieces in The Meaning Of Life box in Philosophy Contents/Links.
