Pick Me Ups

Sometimes a random bit of music, photo, or saying can lift our hearts when we’re feeling horrible. What’s your go-to when you are feeling a little less than chipper?

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Today, Bethany Hegedus, founder of the Writing Barn posted in one of its communities (CTC or Courage to Create):

Anyone need a pick me up today? I do!

When I most need regrounding I love to be "gifted" music shares or poem shares...

So here is one from me to you...  *Feel free to gift your fellow CTCers something uplifting too...

It made me think of things that make me happy sometimes.

Here’s an entire playlist of uplifting classical music.

If you’re into classic 1980s music that’s uplifting, Ranker has a great playlist. To be fair, some of these songs make me screech in an unhappy way. :) But we’re all different.

And then there’s always puppies

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And kittens

Photo by The Lucky Neko on Unsplash

Or whatever works for you. Spiders? Cool. Manatees? That’s mine.

Are their favorite shows/music/movies that help you when you need a tiny lift? And there are so many reasons to need a lift right now in this world, and that’s okay. It’s okay to admit that you need one so that you can recharge and go after your goals or try to improve your community or the world.

We are all quite human.

And that means that we aren’t going to be constantly joyous.

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Sometimes it’s hard to know how to help a friend when they’re a bit down without feeling like a cringe-worthy, shallow jerk. Psychology Today has an article here with seven possibilities.

And Goalcast has an article about positive psychology that you might want to check out.

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Apologies to everyone for my week off. I was out in Iceland recharging. Iceland, it turns out, is my happy place. Also, my next book is out in the Seamus and Rosie Series if you want to check it out.

And here’s an awesome horse that I got to say hello to in Iceland.