-Get your walking shoes on and set out for a mindful walk around your neighborhood (or nature if available!) As you walk, check in with each of your five senses. What colors and sights do you see? Any smells? What does the world sound like around you? How does the weather feel? Can you taste anything? Simply enjoy being present in the fresh air.

-Create time for community connection. Make plans with friends, family, pets, and loved ones. Set an intention to enjoy quality connection, sans phones and netflix. Enjoy a picnic, a coffee date, or simply a long chat. Enjoy getting to spend precious time face to face with the ones who mean the most.

 

-Get artsy. Put the tech away for half an hour and break out that adult (or kid) coloring book! If coloring isn’t your jam, draw, journal, paint, read, sing, bake, or anything else that feels fun and expressive. Release your inhibitions and allow yourself to fully engage in this hands-on, creative activity. The most important thing here is to remember that you do not have to be “good” at any of these activities. Let it be like art therapy, and embrace coloring outside the lines.