Here are some ideas to help kick a rotten 일 to kingdom come…

Do something good for someone else, even though 당신 may not want to. Do a favour, help them find something, give them an item which will help them in some way. Start the flow of positive energy.

Eat the best 초콜릿 당신 can get your hands on. In bed. 또는 in the bath.

Turn up 음악 당신 really love. Play it so loudly that it soaks in through your skin. Dance in your pyjamas. Feel the pain lift.

Have a romance in your head.

Volunteer.

Buy a remote control for your camera & dip your toes into the pool of narcissism.

Call a friend & ask them if they want to have a slumber party.

Throw yourself head-first into a creative project. Something that you’re excited about but which feels a little too big for you. You’ll be so consumed 의해 it that it will fuel 당신 for ages.

Do the splits. 또는 at least try. (Be gentle though!)

Sing. Loudly. Badly. Off-key. Whatever 당신 like. It works. The last time I was on my way somewhere really nerve-wracking, I was in a cab. The radio was playing & I was so anxious that the only way I could distract myself was 의해 노래 along. Loudly. The driver probably thought I was a total nut but I didn’t care & it did the trick!

Cover your entire body in 코코아 버터 & fall asleep.

Drink 2 litres of fizzy drink (pop, soda, 당신 know) & stay up until sunrise.

Write a list of things that 당신 appreciate right now, in the present moment. Focus on each of them & let the 사랑 inside 당신 well up. Even when things appear to be going really, really badly, there are always things to be happy about. (That’s one of the reasons why we do Things I 사랑 Thursday — to help bring your attention back to the positive.)

Indulge in your “guilty pleasures”, whatever they are. (Old episodes of America’s 다음 상단, 맨 위로 Model, ginger ale, 초콜릿 cake, romantic comedies, etc.)

Send a text message to one of the most interesting people 당신 know — maybe someone 당신 don’t know that well, just to say hello.

Order delivery food, just to bask in the glory of the fact that if 당신 pay people, they will come to your door. With food. Warm, good food. What an age we live in, huh?

Look through old photos. With a friend if possible. If it’s an old friend, 당신 can reminisce (“Oh my god, do 당신 remember when we did that?!”), & if it’s a new friend, 당신 can tell grand stories (“Well, let me tell 당신 about this guy…”).

Listen to old Motown hits. Come up with dance moves. Wear something sparkly & work it out. (DJ Z-Trip’s Motown Breakdown is an excellent time, too.)

Write a gruellingly personal entry for your blog dissecting every aspect of the situation which has upset 당신 so much. Post it, don’t post it, whatever, just get it out of your system.

Plan a holiday.

Write a ridiculous online dating 프로필 & marvel at the people who come out of the woodwork. (“Oh, a threesome with 당신 & your wife in New Jersey? Sign me up!”)

Spend an 시간 in your variety store of choice, set yourself a budget ($20?) & buy some junk. Lip treatments, candy, maybe an exfoliating scrub… Then go 집 & play with your new purchases. There’s a reason it’s called retail therapy, 당신 know (though of course, it doesn’t last).

Wear a fake moustache all day.

Think up nicknames for all your friends, then send them each postcards to alert them.

Think back on the last really good sex 당신 had. Think about it for an hour. Then do something else.

Go out for a milkshake.

Appreciate the dinosaur 본즈 at your favourite museum.

Grab a friend, dress up like tourists & go & do all the really schlocky things on offer in your city. Take LOTS of photos, & be sure to flash the peace sign in 70% of them.

Stick little crystals on something 당신 use every day. (Wallet, light-switch, key-ring, boots?)

Buy a new pair of sunglasses 또는 non-prescription frames. It’s a super-easy (& often relatively cheap) way to evolve your look. Plus sunglasses make for excellent on-the-fly disguises.

Go to a yoga class. Surrender & breathe deep.

Put on your favourite pair of high heels & walk up & down your bedroom/hallway doing your best Miss J impersonation. Have a friend 또는 neighbour who is willing to humour 당신 offer critique. “Girl, 당신 walk like a busted-down freight-train.”

Write multiple lists of everything 당신 want. Material possessions, relationships, work, lifestyle, everything. Pin them up 의해 your door so 당신 see them all the time.

Go through Urban Dictionary & find some fun/ridiculous new words to add to your vocabulary.

Make yourself the biggest 아이스크림 sundae you’ve ever seen. Decorate it with hot 퍼지 sauce, whipped cream, sprinkles, nonpareils, whatever 당신 like. Take a photo. Give it a name (“Jane’s Orgasmatron Cardiac Arrest Sundae”). Devour. Maybe without using your hands. Take a 사진 of that too.

Get your eyebrows shaped.

Spend an 시간 in a department store sniffing perfume samples. When 당신 find something 당신 like, spray it on a card & drop it in your purse.

Try break-dancing.

Watch 비디오 of flamboyant, successful people like Elton John 또는 Michael Jackson & marvel.

Eat animal crackers.

Drink through a straw all day. If 당신 get your hands on a straw which matches your outfit, so much the better.

Plan a party with a theme that makes 당신 feel really, really happy.

Write a letter to yourself in the future. Then hide it. Maybe in the pocket of a 코트 당신 never, ever wear.

Leave the house wearing just fabulous 란제리 underneath a coat. With heels. (Note: if 당신 are a man 당신 may get accused of being a flasher if 당신 do this. The world is cruel sometimes.)

Pull a Kid CuDi & announce your retirement from the world of something. Like cooking, 또는 vocal communication. Announce your unretirement whenever 당신 feel like it.

Buy a harmonica & annoy the hell out of everyone while 당신 learn how to play it.

Go wig shopping.

Choose a festival (SXSW? Burning Man? Coachella? Wave-Gotik-Treffen?) to go to, invite some friends, & start making plans.

Add diamantes to your manicure.

Hula hoop.

Buy some really good art for your walls. Posters, prints, original artwork 또는 other. If you’re feeling impoverished, go to the library, check out some art books, then take huge, great quality photocopies at a copy shop.

Listen to Never Better 의해 P.O.S. from start to finish & revel in what a great album it really is.

Load up your 아이팟 & go for a walk through your favourite park.

Visit a cool toy store & make your friend a surprise package.

Reach out to the people who inspire 당신 but who don’t know 당신 exist.

Write the birthdays of your personal 히어로즈 in your planner & work out a way to honour them on that day.

Pie.

Colour your hair. (You can always dye it back.)

Notice where 당신 hold tension in your body, & let it go.

Visit some kind of religious institution & observe a service.

Bake heart- 또는 bunny-shaped cookies. Give them away.

Be graceful.

Be graceless.

Make a video diary.

Answer 질문 with questions.

Try on a pair of really, really expensive shoes & act like you’ll be back tomorrow, but you’re just going to go 집 & think about it. (Bonus points: take a 사진 of 당신 in them. Often 당신 will need to be stealthy about this but it’s worth doing.)

Record yourself trying to recite the alphabet while vigorously brushing your teeth.

Flirt with entirely inappropriate people.

Sing into your friend’s answering machine. (If you’re in the USA & use Slydial, it will take 당신 straight to their voicemail.)

Pour 팬케이크 in the shape of your initials. Eat them while watching aerobics on television.

Make 프렌즈 with your neighbours.

Think about how great it would be to name a shaggy dog “Toupee”.

Go to an audition just for the experience.

Tell someone cute, “You’re cute”.

Sit in a sauna with a stack of fashion magazines & sweat it out.

Find a secret place with a great view. Like a tree, 또는 a rooftop, 또는 a hill.

Go & see a musical (or just rent one).

Be optimistic.

Buy ridiculous slippers.

Make a list of the things 당신 want to do to celebrate the upcoming season.

Lie down in the sunshine.

Pretend to be a dancer in a 음악 video as 당신 perform mundane tasks. Jiggle your way from the bathroom to the kitchen, shake it while 당신 wait for your 토스트 to pop, booty bump while 당신 pick an outfit.

Go to an aquarium & take 사진 of the jellyfish.

Watch 영화 당신 used to 사랑 as a child.

Book a karaoke room with 프렌즈 & sing your 심장 out.

Make a list of practical, actionable ways 당신 can improve your situation.

Start keeping a dream journal & write down their supposed meanings, too.

See if 당신 can develop an appreciation for a band 또는 a style of 음악 you’ve never liked before.

Write a play.

Go to vintage stores looking for fabulous old typewriters.

Write the stuff 당신 like about your body on your body with a marker.

Change your ring-tone to the sound of one of your 프렌즈 laughing hysterically.

Watch 비디오 of Robin Williams 또는 Eddie Murphy.

Listen to Divine Harvest 의해 The Mae Shi. Don’t be worried, everything will turn out fine. Don’t be worried, friend just put your hand in mine.

Take a nap with your head at the other end of the bed.

Walk around a garden centre & buy a colourful plant. Give it a name.

Go somewhere that people walk their 개 & make 프렌즈 with some fluffy creatures.

Hug your friends.

Tell someone everything.

Believe that everything is always getting better.