Count on Annie to balance gratitude with creativity and productivity!
It’s another
new dawn and stay at home day. As I wake up in the morning, I think of the
Supreme Being in my mind, heart, body and soul. A new habit I have inculcated
these days. It just takes a minute. As I began my activities for the day, like
many of us I feel helpless sitting at home, even though staying home is the
biggest need of the hour. It’s like this, if we heal ourselves, we heal the
world around us and those happy vibrations expands out in a ripple effect. Let
us all spread our rays of sunshine in ways possible to our family and friends
around us! Definitely by staying at home till our government says otherwise! And till then:
Things to do during lock down
1. Gratitude
board
Make a board
or a collage of photos for all the blessings you are grateful for.
2. Everyone
in the family can wear their best Sunday dresses and can take a cheerful family
photo (selfie)
3. Make a Nature journal
If you have
a garden, look at it and write few words about Nature and what it means to you.
Otherwise,
look at your favourite Nature photo or art, and write a few words what nature
means to you.
4. Happiness
music
Make a good
playlist of music that makes you really happy and uplifts you and make sure to listen
to them.
5. Happiness
Dance
Dance or
make some graceful movements to the music you like.
6.
Meditation.
Just relax
and be in the present.
Visualise
yourself before the presence of God for few minutes every day.
7. Act of
positivity
Do something
that makes you feel positive. Even a simple thing, like eating a vegetarian
meal for the day, like avoid watching TV from the couch most of the time and
doing some pending work around the house.
8. Create
Do cook an
item, write an article or make an art or draw something or paint.
9. Make some
good changes (interior design) in your room.
Even
shifting furniture or adding indoor plants or décor the walls.
10. Read
inspirational articles or books.
11. Zen
activity
Take a Zen
topic like a serene garden, paint with watercolours or colour pencils or if you
have a garden, create a Zen space (a meditative space) in your garden. You can
create a Zen space in your room too.
12. Mandala
art
Do rangolis
or kolams or mandalas in paper or any other media and colour it. It increases
focus and if you do repetitive patterns, good for your moods too. It will keep
you calm and serene too, like a repeated mantra.
13. Blessing affirmations
Write a list
of minimum 27 blessings in your life to as many in number and thank God for
each one. You can even make an audio file out of it and listen every day in the
morning and night.
14. Sing
your favourite devotional song and record it in your voice. This audio file
should uplift your energy higher whenever you hear it.
15. Make a
new item out of something old.
You can
paint an old furniture or an antique piece however old or big or a waste item
and find a new ornamental purpose or a functional use for it.
16. Do a simple
and funny act or humorous act and ask one of the family members to video record
it or take a photo of it. Especially if you have children. It should be healthy
humour.
17. De clutter
all your social media. Clear up your emails and spam and clear up your
electronic devices like mobile, laptop etc. It will bring good energy
vibrations to you.
18. Inspire
your children so that they find innovative ways to engage themselves. Ignite
their imagination and creativity!
19. As a
family, sit and do big puzzles or some crafts together. Pool in your ideas, brainstorm
with your children and do some family projects. Play some indoor games. It will
be more fun if you invent them.
20. Make
sure to have all three meals together as family. Say graces before every meal.
Every family member can take turns to thank God and all the people who are
taking care of us during this pandemic.
21. Vision
board.
Have a
vision for all the things you want to do in your life once this pandemic gets
eradicated. Set some goals. Visualise a few dreams. Write them down and make a
vision board for your room. Add some photos and inspiring articles to your
vision board.
J Annie Vanitha
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