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As I have said many times before, I am going through some things. There are days when I am so sad and upset that it is hard to function. I am actively trying to find ways to refocus my thoughts and energy so that I do not let these unfortunate life situations get the best of me. However, it is much easier said then done.

So, this morning, I came up with an idea. I decided to make a basket with a bunch of different activities in it for when I am blue. For some years, I have had this deck of cards–52 Silly Things to Do When You Are Blue (52 Series). It is a deck of 52 cards with an activity on each to do when you are blue. I have never really actively used these cards. I will spend so much time looking through all the ideas when I decide to try to use it that I never end up actually doing any of the things on the cards. I also found that a lot of the activities were things that I just could not do easily or that needed advance preparation. I also had the similar deck of cards 52 Relaxing Rituals (52 Series), but I currently do not know where those cards are. I may have given them to someone as a gift or something. I do not know.

Oddly enough, one of the activities on the cards was to write your own cards. So, that is what I did.

I wrote out a bunch of different activities specific to my interests, abilities, resources, and living situation. I used the lable wizard in Microsoft Word so that I could print the activities on some old business card paper and then punch them out each as its own separate card. I made sure to put some kind of smiley on each card to add a touch of sunshine and happines

So, far, I have 50 activities.  I have punched out most of the cards, and now I am trying to think up what kind of happy container I can create to put them in so that it also brightens the room.  My plan is to pull something out of this basket when I am feeling down and then do it. I can already see myself pulling out more than one of these at a time, but that is what they are there for.

If you think you have some cool activities for me to add to mine, then leave a comment!

Tags: Life, Musings, Thoughts

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