This week emails and calls have been about the winter blues. Parents want to chat more with their children but the children aren’t interested. Don’t take it personally. They don’t care if it is snowing. Youth sends them out and about like an ordinary day. They don’t have fears of slipping and falling on the ice.
What can you do?
– Make a list of three things you really want to do or see before the end of 2010.
– Research your interests.
– Explore a class online.
– If you have been thinking about getting a pet, research that and email your friends to get the truth about caring for a pet.
– Make an emergency list of contact numbers, etc. Put it in your car and purse and on the refrigerator. Email the list to two of your friends.
– Write letters to friends and family.
– Do art. Collages, watercolors, photo books.
– Declutter one drawer, one closet at a time.
– Journal writing about how you want your summer to be.
– Plan ahead for what would be fun for you to do for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Make cards.
– Make a quotation basket for daily inspirations.
– Plan three new meals.
Any choice you make that lifts your spirits is a good choice. Try it and quit. Adults get to change their mind and not follow through. You can crumble an idea into the trash.
– Meditate for five minutes.
– Stretch for five.
– Deep Breathing for five.
We can do anything if we think it is for a short time. See where that leads you.
Put music on and rest in bed.
One of my new winter hot drinks is adding ground coffee to my hot chocolate and a dash of cinnamon.
Take good care and let us know how you are doing,
Natalie
natalie@emptynestsupport.com
818-763-0188
Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org
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