This weekend if my Grandma had still been alive she would have turned 100 years old. Sadly she died when she was 83. She was a happy character, always having fun, joking about and not taking life too seriously.
As we celebrate what would have been her 100th birthday, and in honour of the lovely happy lady she was, here are 100 things to do to make you smile, be happy and not take life too seriously:
- Put your favourite perfume on
- Smile at yourself in the mirror
- Hug your pet/child/partner
- Dance to your favourite song
- Look at your photos
- Watch your favourite comedy movie
- Have a laugh with your friends
- Go to the beach and build a sandcastle
- Play a board game
- Dress up as your favourite movie character and watch the movie
- Go for a paddle in the sea or local river or stream
- Build a snowman – ok, so you may need to wait for snow for this one!
- Draw a big smiley face and colour it in
- Sit outside and feel the sun on your skin
- Smell the roses or the flowers in your garden or in the park
- Buy your favourite childhood sweets and think of your childhood as you eat them
- Light candles and create a warm cosy environment
- Build a fort in your living room and sleep in it
- Watch the birds from your window
- Paint a room a bright colour
- Buy yourself a bunch of flowers
- Cook yourself your favourite meal
- Enjoy a glass of wine or beverage of your choice
- Try to write a poem about your day
- Sit in a park and read a book
- Wear your favourite shoes whether you are out and about or at home
- Have a bowl of ice cream in your fort
- Find a world record to break and give it a go
- Read your favourite childhood book
- Do a face mask and take funny photos whilst it dries
- Create an assault course round your house or garden for your pet or partner, and film them as they try to complete
- Look up at the stars and moon and smile as you are part of an amazing universe
- Go to a comedy club
- Take a holiday from work and spend the day doing anything you want
- Garden and watch all your efforts come to fruition
- Build a treehouse for your kids – or you
- Go into the woods and hug a tree – you can’t help but smile
- Put a few drops of your favourite essential oil in your shower for the steam to help disperse the fragrance. The step in and take a few deep breaths
- Eat a cupcake – cos who doesn’t love a cupcake
- Sing out loud no matter if you are good or not
- Learn a language on DuoLingo
- Paint your toenails
- Stand in your garden with bare feet and feel the earth beneath you
- Blast cold water at the end of your shower and enjoy the brrr-ness of it all
- Message a friend you’ve not heard from in a while
- Make pancakes
- Blow bubbles and watch as they pop or fall to the ground
- Pick a bright coloured pen to write your daily notes in – not your usual boring black or blue
- Eat a doughnut without licking your lips
- Change your name for a day and ask everyone to use your chosen name for the rest of that day
- Play snap or another card game
- Go for a walk
- Make bread and enjoy the aroma as it bakes
- Go for a swim
- Wear a hat…just cos
- Do an at home facial with cucumber slices for your eyes
- Treat yourself to a luxury shower gel once in a while
- Do yoga outside and listen to the birds
- Listen to a fun podcast
- Try a different hairstyle
- Say yes to the next thing you are invited too
- Have a hot chocolate with marshmallows
- Learn a magic trick
- Do a local pub quiz with your friends
- Set yourself a challenge to try one new recipe a month
- Do an escape room with your friends
- Throw a party with a theme
- Do a treasure hunt
- Have a date night and get dressed up in your finest
- Do a jigsaw puzzle
- Give yourself a foot massage
- Take five slow deep breaths
- Take a selfie everyday for a year and pull a silly face
- Take a train or bus to somewhere random and explore
- Have a BBQ
- Paint a picture – it doesn’t have to be good, just go for it
- Join a local group such as a runners club, walkers club, book club or even a craft club and meet some like minded people
- Binge watch your favourite box set
- Watch a sunrise or a sunset
- Go white water rafting or try another adventurous sport
- Do a murder mystery event with your friends or family
- Go on a bike ride and take a picnic
- Do a short course on something you’ve always wanted to learn ie. astronomy, cooking, history, geology etc
- Bake a cake, decorate it and invite friends or relatives over to eat it
- Go to a botanical garden and spend hours wandering around, enjoying all the plants and flowers
- Start to write a novel or short story
- Liven up your garden with some solar lights and sit out in the evening as you watch them twinkle
- Donate unwanted clothes to charity for someone else to get the use of
- Go wild camping with someone and tell ghost stories
- Create a photobook of all your adventures
- Go for afternoon tea at a local hotel
- Have a pot luck party – invite your friends over and ask them each to bring a dish for you all to eat
- Go to bed earlier than normal and get a good night’s sleep
- Make a banana split with lots of sprinkles and eat it
- Have a relaxing bath with lavender essential oil – ahhhh
- Have a PJ day and bring the duvet into your livingroom
- Play mini/crazy golf it will always make you laugh
- Put a marble in your bag, incase you lose yours
- Buy your favourite chocolate, have a piece and feel it melt in your mouth – mmmmm
- Every so often stop what you are doing, look around you and go do something fun!
Life is short and it is very easy to get stuck in the hum drum of the day to day. How often do you find yourself running around from A to B or working late or having to do x, y or z? Stop, smell the roses and do something fun, different or out of the norm for you. There is no right or wrong answer, just have fun, smile and don’t take life too seriously.
Cheers to my Grandma, and thanks for all the times you made me laugh, smile and be silly.
Have a great week to you all, look after you and do something fun.
Love Emma xx
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