Activities to Promote Change
Change frequently happens most effectively when we choose to change just one thing at a time. Practice one of the following activities during the next week. After you have made it a regular part of your life, try adding another.
- List 10 things you are grateful for. Refer to your list daily and add to it.
- Appreciate 5 of your personal strengths. Add to your list each day.
- Identify 5 of your partner’s good qualities and appreciate them out loud.
- Repeat #3 for your children.
- At least once a day, tell members of your immediate family how much you love them.
- Attribute positive motivations to others, especially those who annoy you.
- Do something kind for a stranger with no expectation of a reward.
- Congratulate yourself for catching negative thoughts, then let them go
- Spend 10 minutes envisioning your life as you would like it to be.
- Take satisfaction from 3 things you accomplished today.
- Keep a daily journal of your positive experiences.
- Before you go to sleep, think of 3 things you’re looking forward to the next day.