Things to Do to Keep Busy When Depressed

Today has been a really down day for me. I hardly got out of bed and I did some goofy things. I fixed them though!

I just feel exhausted. I made myself take a shower and put on actual clothes just so that I could pretend to feel alive. I think that I will paint my toenails a lovely blue tonight, just something else to help me feel better. I feel like I'm walking through pudding mentally and physically. My cat, Ronnie, could tell that I was down today. He followed me everywhere and kept trying to sit on me. He did make me feel a little better.

I figured I would write twenty things that I can do to make myself feel better. Maybe someone else will be able to benefit from the list.

1. Pet a cat, or dog, or lizard.
2. Take a long, hot shower.
3. Eat something. (I don't eat sometimes when I'm depressed.)
4. Walk the dog.
5. Paint your toenails.
6. Make a salt or sugar scrub for your body or your feet. (Take sugar or salt and add olive oil to make a paste. It feels amazing and it's good for sore muscles. I prefer salt personally.)
7. Put ten things back where they belong.
8. Write in your journal or blog (Sometimes I do follow my own advice!)
9. Draw or list everything you want in your dream house.
10. Meditate.
11. Find a good book to read. Project Gutenberg is a good place to get free books, every good classic is there.
12. Play Minecraft. You have to buy it, but it is incredibly peaceful. It's a good game to play when you need to calm down or just focus on something else.
13. Make a few cents on Amazon's Mechanical Turk. I make like $5 bucks a week just doing hits here and there. You can just get whatever you make taken off of your Amazon purchases.
14. Play a free online game.
15. Do a jigsaw puzzle.
16. Freewrite. Write whatever comes to mind at all for ten minutes, just don't stop moving your pen.
17. Take some pictures. Take pictures of flowers, take pictures of your dog, take pictures of yourself if you feel up to it. Heck, go all out and dress up and put on makeup and take some Facebook pictures. If you are a lady dressing nice and putting on make up will make you feel better too.
18. Call a friend.
19. Call a family member you haven't talked to in a while.
20. Write someone a letter.