By Makena Behnke

• read until your eyes hurt.
• take a long shower. just think.
• listen to music; tune the world out.
• stay up so late that the world seems peaceful and friendly.
• get up so early that your household is not bombarded with family members and pets (but go back to sleep right after).
• buy or make your friends little gifts (e.g. small drawings of their favorite animal, funny pairs of socks, silly stories written, etc.)
• go on a walk; stay safe.
• jump around and dance once in awhile.
• blast your favorite song, or learn the words to another song.
• just have a cleaning day. (do laundry; organize your bathroom, etc.).
• go through things, and donate what you don’t want. (start small; try underneath your bathroom sink or the second drawer in your dresser.)
• spend a little time to yourself.
• brush up on what you have to do this week.
• find something you’ve always been wanting to do, and do it.

Editor Charles Schnell