- Plan your schedule for 8 hours of sleep per night.
- Drink ½ your body weight in water IN OUNCES each day. (150 lbs = 75 ounces)
- Take five deep breaths before getting out of bed each morning.
- Get a pedometer and take 10,000 steps per day.
- Don’t stress over diets! Focus on eating more natural veggies and fruit than anything else.
- Make your annual gynecologist appointment…and keep it.
- Begin a stretching routine.
- Eliminate one unhealthy food from your diet for 30 days.
- Buy a new pair of athletic shoes.
- Schedule a weekly walking date with a friend.
- Remove the television or restrict tech devices from your bedroom for better sleep.
- Clean out your closet and get rid of clothes that no longer fit.
- Promise yourself not to wear clothes that make you sad.
- Get a new hair cut!
- Do salad-in-a-jar for simple, healthy daily lunch.
- Have a professional bra fitting.
- Take the best bubble bath EVER!
- Wash off your make-up EVERY NIGHT.
- Floss!
- Wake up and get dressed before your household wakes up.
- Keep snack-size packages of almonds, carrots, or apples in your purse or bag at all times.
- Stop buying junk food (chips, candy, pop, processed food) for one month.
- Make sure you own at least ONE pair of shoes that make you giddy.
- Get a manicure.
- Go to bed one hour earlier or get up one hour earlier each day for one week.
- Give one really great hug each day.
- Forgive someone who has hurt you.
- Commit to professional counseling or therapy for six months to deal with an unresolved issue.
- Develop a “board of directors” of friends to help you make tough decisions.
- Write a letter to someone who has hurt you. Put it in an envelope. Then, burn it.
- Volunteer at a women’s non-profit.
- Mentor a young woman for three months.
- Call a friend for coffee.
- Say “yes” the next time someone offers to do something nice for you.
- Smile!
- Journal your celebrations and struggles each day in life.
- Start a gratitude journal and record 25 thankful moments each day.
- Watch a funny movie.
- Devote one day to treating yourself to experiences that make you happy.
- Make a list of everything that you are afraid of and share it with a friend.
- Make a list of everything that you are worried about and share it with a friend.
- Go to your local art museum. Find a piece of art you love and enjoy it for 30 minutes.
- Choose not to argue with anyone today.
- Pray this prayer today: God, give me kind words, a kind heart, and kind attitude.”
- Eliminate sarcasm.
- Make a list of your dreams or bucket list. Post them where you can see them each day.
- Write a letter to yourself for six months from now. Seal it and put it in a drawer.
- Send a card to someone that you’ve lost touch with.
- Do something courageous!
- Forgive yourself for a past failure.
- Find a trusted friend and share something that you’ve been struggling with for awhile.
- Plan a silent retreat.
- Register and attend one women’s conference or empowerment event.
- Read one personal development book.
- Read an autobiography of a famous woman that you admire.
- Join (or start) a book club.
- Take a class at your local community college or vocational center.
- Keep a one-hour buffer between appointments or meetings.
- Review or make a list of your personal boundaries.
- Feeling sluggish? Talk a walk or do 25 jumping jacks to increase oxygen to your brain.
- Attend a lecture at your university or local library.
- Buy a special coffee mug or tea cup for yourself.
- Write down your goals for the next six months.
- Plan a vacation.
- Learn a new hobby.
- Clarify your values. What are your “hills to die on?”
- Take an online test like Myers-Briggs to learn more about yourself.
- Go tech-free for 24 hours.
- Make a “To-DON”T” list for things you must quit or give up.
- Stop. Take a breath and be present in this moment.
- Celebrate something that you’ve done well or accomplished.
- Ask someone to mentor you for three months.
- Review your schedule. Eliminate “hurry” from your schedule.
- Create a corner, nook, or room in your house and design it just for you.
- Write out your ENTIRE life story – include everything you remember about your life.
- Give yourself one compliment each day.
- Do ONE thing that you’ve been procrastinating.
- Memorize one Bible verse each week for one year.
- Join a Bible study or small group.
- Go out for lunch by yourself. Yes, alone. (Just don’t talk to yourself…)
- Take a step of faith toward a direction where you believe God is calling you.
- Commit to fasting one day a week for a month.
- Take an afternoon and purposefully grieve for a lost dream. Ask God to help you let go of that dream and give you a new one.
- Create your own “War Room.” (Need ideas? Click here – make sure to scroll down.)
- Write a Bible verse on a note card and meditate on it every day for 30 days.
- Buy yourself flowers.
- Repeat “I am God’s beautiful, unique daughter” each day for seven days.
- Let go and let God.
- Watch a sunrise or sunset.
- Give yourself permission to say “no.”
- Sit still and quiet your heart, mind, and body for one hour.
- Write out your stresses or worries before bed. Pray and give those worries to God. Then, rip up the list.
- Get a massage.
- Develop a morning ritual to start your day off right.
- Compliment one woman each day.
- Have professional pictures taken of yourself!
- Take 20 minutes each day to do something for yourself today. Pick something from this list!
- Say “no” when someone wants you to take responsibility for their problems.
- Choose today not to FEEL be responsible for someone else’s bad decisions.
- Apologize for something that you’ve said or done that hurt another.
- Buy a new candle scent or aromatherapy oil that relaxes you.