Categories: general-nonsense, spiritual-journey, depression
Date: 19 June 2009 15:20:17
For Lent I took an approach which wasn't quite in keeping with the true nature of Lent ....but was the appropriate course of action for my head at the time.
I've decided to put together a similar kind of action plan of things I want to do over the summer. Some of them will be a repeat of the Lent ideas....but some of them won't. Some of them will also be seen as "rewards" for getting my uni work done but some won't. Some of them will be seen as opportunities for spiritual reflection and some will just be to chill and enjoy. Whatever, putting them together is going to be a good focus and a way not to get too bogged down with the fact I don't have a "traditional" holiday to look forward to, (except Greenbelt of course) and a way to realise that just because I'm not going off "home" anywhere it doesn't mean that I'm not going to enjoy the summer.
So here is my list of what I want to do between now and the end of August (aswell as get lots of uni work done and find some paid work from when my current job ends in a couple of weeks).
1) Read two non-uni, fiction books of my choice.
2) Go to an Art gallery. (Probably the Baltic).
3) Go and see a film.
4) Choose one unhealthy snack food / drink and remove it from the diet - replacing with something more healthy.
5) Go for a walk on the beach.
6) Go to one concert, music festival or outside theatre production
7 ) Have a long soak in a bath with essential oils.
8 ) Send a postcard to somebody who has been a positive influence on my life thanking them.
9) Have a meal with friends.
10)Write 3 good things about myself on a bit of paper.
11) Have a buy nothing day.
12) Go to a museum /heritage site
13) Make myself a meal I like
14) Write a letter / e-mail a friend living over 100 miles away.
15)Buy a coffee for a Big Issue vendor (aswell as buying the magazine)
16) Write a campaign letter about something I feel strongly about - social justice type thing
17) Visit a church/ cathedral / abbey I like.
18) Paint a picture or write something
19)Have a lie in
20) Indulge with a good body lotion or handcream.
21)Go to a coffee shop and have something really indulgent.
22)See a sunrise or a sunset
23)Go on retreat
24) Go for a walk along the river bank and visit the bench on the edge of the world.
25) Go to Greenbelt