- Drive in one direction until you reach the ocean.
- Say hello to everyone you pass during the day.
- Frown until your mouth muscles hurt (then see how much easier it is to smile.)
- Create your own alphabet.
- Start a scrapbook.
- Make something you invented or invent something you can make.
- Figure out if
has no solution for non zero integers x, y, and z if n is an integer greater
than two.
- Make a BLT.
- Work the crossword puzzle.
- Count backwards from 10 billion by 13s.
- Visit a yard sale.
- Put on some really comfortable shoes. Walk somewhere in them.
- Make something nice for someone and give it to them.
- Go see a movie. (See two or three in a row. You may have to make extended visits to the restroom between films.)
- Read The Lost Soul Companion.
- Make your own list of things to do instead of killing yourself (and then do them.)
- Organize your own mock funeral, invite family and friends, encourage them to eulogize you. (Tell them how you've really been feeling lately and see what happens.)
- Let someone proofread your suicide note.
- Build a fort.
- Meditate.
- Shampoo your hair. Repeat if desired.
- Create an elaborate hoax. (Try not to get arrested.)
- Get arrested.
- Blow the stink off!
- Sneak into a church. Enjoy the sunlight and quiet.
- Write me a letter. (Be assured of a hopeful reply.)
- Volunteer somewhere.
- Doodle.
- Enter a contest.
- Write a poem.
- Just breathe.
- Take a class.
- Finish something you started.
- Drink a cup of tea with sugar and milk if that's how you like it.
- Jump up and down on a big trampoline.
- Pray.
- Eat a tomato.
- Pet a kitty cat.
- Smoke a cigarette. (It's slower.)
- Answer your telephone the next time it rings. (I know you haven't been...)
- Ask a stranger for some good advice.
- Paint a mural.
- Start a garden.
- Do the dishes. (It's OK if you've let them pile up. Wash a couple of them at least.)
- Visit lostsoulcompanion.com.
- Rescue an animal.
- Take your loose change to the bank.
- Play some beautiful music.
- Ask an old person to tell you a story.
- Make yourself breakfast in bed.
- Eat cookies.
- Stare at clouds.
- Visit the maternity ward.
- Send flowers anonymously.
- Make a long to-do list. Do everything on it.
- Set a world record.
- Open the curtains.
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