90 Things You Can Do for Better Health and Well-being That Aren’t Social Media
You know how sometimes we want to be healthier and take better care of ourselves so we search up a few ideas on our phone, and we get STUCK there? We end up scrolling and feeling a little hopeless because we’re not doing all the things the influencers say will bring us better health?
Well, I’ve got good news! As a family doctor and women’s health advocate, I can tell you that better health and well-being is easier than we imagine if we just decide to PUT DOWN OUR PHONES and really live our lives. Let’s really care for our precious beautiful bodies—mind, body, and spirit—and learn to nourish them well! Below I’ve included 90 ideas you can try. And I bet when you finish reading this list, you could easily sit and write out 90 more!
1. Walk with your neighbor
2. Try a new recipe
3. Read a favorite book
4. Call your sister
5. Update your family scrapbook
6. Paint a picture or your bathroom or an old piece of furniture. Just paint something!
7. Bake bread
8. Go for a hike
9. Work in the garden
10. Pet your cat
11. Lift weights
12. Take a bike ride
13. Go out for lunch with a friend
14. Visit the library
15. Walk through the museum
16. Plant flowers
17. Walk your dog
18. Dance to music around the house
19. Catch up on laundry
20. Sign up for a class
21. Start a new hobby
22. Schedule your wellness physical
23. Get a mammogram
24. Get a colonoscopy
25. Eat something with fiber
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26. Listen to a podcast
27. Write in your journal
28. Wander through the bookstore or an antique store or your neighborhood. Just wonder and wander around somewhere!
29. Take a drive
30. Visit a national park
31. Plan a vacation
32. Do yoga
33. Volunteer at the food pantry
34. Clean up your yard
35. Organize a closet
36. Make jewelry or stained glass or a centerpiece for your table. Just make something!
37. Cook a fancy meal for your family and eat it on the fine china
38. Go on a picnic
39. Get ice cream
40. Meet a friend for coffee
41. Deliver a meal to someone who needs it
42. Pay it forward in the line for coffee
43. Rake leaves
44. Go roller skating or swimming or bowling. Just get out and go somewhere!
45. Sing in the shower
46. Learn to play an instrument
47. Play a game of Scrabble
48. Challenge someone to chess
49. Deep clean the kitchen
50. Re-decorate your living room
51. Take dance classes
52. Write poetry
53. Buy tickets to a concert
54. Watch the ballet
55. See a movie
56. Learn to sew new pillow covers
57. Volunteer at a nursing home
58. Hold hands with your spouse
59. Count stars
60. Ride a roller coaster
61. Play cards with your kids
62. Take a nap outside
63. Go camping with your family
64. Eat smores
65. Coach a soccer team
66. Shoot baskets with your teenager
67. Blow bubbles for your dog
68. Volunteer at the animal shelter
69. Declutter your wardrobe
70. Try a new hairstyle
71. Re-stain that old table
72. Call your dad
73. Watch an 80’s movie
74. Drink an orange float with a straw
75. Bake a cake on a Tuesday
76. Have sex in the shower or in the closet or even two nights in a row. Just have sex!
77. Wear cozy socks while drinking hot cocoa
78. Read in front of the fire
79. Learn the constellations
80. Get a tattoo
81. Try rock climbing
82. Surprise someone with a gift
83. Help your neighbor move
84. Hold a new baby
85. Offer to babysit for the neighbor kids
86. Send a card in the mail
87. Learn a new language
88. Travel to a new place in your state or to a state you’ve never visited before or out of the country. Just travel!
89. Write your memoir
90. Sit still for a while and do nothing at all!
What would you add to this list? How can YOU nourish yourself today—mind, body, and spirit?
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