Helpful activities
Taking your mind off things
- Listen to or make music
- Play with friends
- Laugh, read funny books or watch funny shows or videos
- Read a book
- Phone, text or online chat
- Play a sport, listen or watch sports shows
- Do arts and crafts, drawings or mandalas
- Play: solitaire or a board game
- Watch TV
- Play a videogame
- Work on a computer or tablet: write a blog, play an on-line game or visit an age-appropriate social network, etc.
Manage your emotions
- Write a journal
- Do some breathing exercises, meditate
- Do some yoga
- Go outside, take a walk or ride your bicycle
- Punch a pillow, yell or get out your frustrations
- Dance
