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50 Lists to Make When You’re Feeling Down
The Lovely Refinement Team

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Here’s a list of 50 Things to Do When You’re Feeling Down!

When you’re not feeling your best mentally, it can put a cloud over your whole day.

I’ve found that writing out lists really helps to activate different parts of your brain, and it takes your mind off what you’re struggling with.

Grab a journal and a pen and let your mind go. This can help inspire you once you see that you can think about positive things, even when you’re feeling down.

Choose which items below sound the most interesting and start writing!

  1. List all the things you’d do if you weren’t so afraid
  2. List the places you go in your mind when you want peace and quiet
  3. What the perfect day looks like to you
  4. All the reasons why you’re amazing
  5. What always makes you laugh
  6. All the qualities in yourself you like the most
  7. All the people who love you for who you are
  8. Things you’d get rid of to make the world better
  9. The best gifts you’ve ever been given
  10. The things you can’t live without
  11. All the ways you’ve changed for the better
  12. The things you must do before you die
  13. The moments in your life that taught you the biggest life lessons
  14. The biggest turning points in your life
  15. All the ways you sabotage yourself from having a great life
  16. How you’d like to change your life for the better
  17. The major losses you’ve survived in your life
  18. All of your favorite movies
  19. All the songs you know by heart
  20. Your favorite life quotes that inspire you
  21. The nicest thing anyone’s ever done for you
  22. The people you’d like to weed out of your life
  23. What values you need in your life to have a fulfilling life
  24. The things you will not tolerate no matter what
  25. The times you said yes when you wish you’d said no
  26. Any miracles you’ve seen happen
  27. The times that remind you of your connection to the “Big Picture”
  28. The most important turning points in your life
  29. All the things you can do with your eyes closed
  30. All the foods you’d eat if calories didn’t exist
  31. Your favorite parts about your body
  32. Your favorite ways to exercise
  33. The teachers that have changed your life
  34. The best stuff your parents taught you about life
  35. Suddenly you can recreate your childhood – list what you would change to improve your present life
  36. Your favorite animals
  37. What you would do right now to improve your mood, with zero limits
  38. All the things you still want to learn
  39. The traits you love in other people
  40. The things you always worry about and what you would do if they didn’t worry you anymore
  41. What you would do with 10 million dollars
  42. The top 10 places you want to travel to
  43. All the foods you’d love to always have in your fridge
  44. The books you want to read
  45. Your favorite scenes from TV/movies
  46. The things you would tell your younger self
  47. All the things included in your 5-year plan
  48. Everything you need to get done this week
  49. The times you’ve put your mind to something and succeeded
  50. Everything you’re grateful for in your life

Related:  The Ultimate Mental Wellness Bundle

Here is a list of things you can make when you're feeling. Do you have mental health struggles? Use these lists to motivate and inspire you to get out of a funk.

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