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MajestyJo · 10-01-2016, 11:30 PM

The following is a list of 110 self-nurturing ideas that have to do with "Esteem Needs." Do at least one of these activities every day.

Psysiological Needs:

Eat breakfast
Take a nap
Break a bad habit, if just for today
Get at least 7 hours sleep
Drink 8 glasses of water today
Eat a healthy snack

Safety Needs:

Repair something in your home
Learn how to protect your health
Wear a seat belt

Belonging and Love Needs:

Call your mother or father
Search out a long-lost friend
Open up to the person closest to you
Pay a compliment
Turn off the TV and talk
Get to know the neighbor's dog or cat
Listen to what you hear
Tell someone you love him or her
Hold a hand
Hug someone
Contact someone you've been thinking about
Admire a child
Get to know the neighbors
Kiss a friend
Tell someone how much you appreciate him or her

Esteem Needs:

Blow up a balloon and turn it loose
Make your own candles
Walk instead of ride
Give yourself a compliment
Read a poem aloud
Look at the stars
Use a new word
Frame a picture
Forget an old grudge
Take yourself to lunch
Go to the library
Try a new food
Listen to the rain on the roof
Feed the ducks
Jump in a pile of leaves
Appreciate trees
Sign up for a class
Study a dew-laden cobweb
Learn something new
Sing in the shower
List ten things you do well
Walk in the rain
Waste a little time
Curl up before an open fire
Buy a ticket to a special event
Return something you've borrowed
Organize some small corner of your life
Pop popcorn
Draw a picture, even if you can't draw
Keep a secret
Enjoy silence
Walk to the nearest park
Go wading
Light a candle and read by candlelight
Pick up some travel brochures and dream
Smell a flower
Clean out your wallet
Take an early morning walk
Look at old photos
Run down a hill
Write a poem
Start a new project
Walk barefoot
Tell a joke
Take a different road to get home
Build a sandcastle
Ask someone for help
Let someone do you a favor
Reread a favorite book
Listen to the dawn
Imagine being your favorite tree
Watch the sun set
Hide a love note where a loved one will find it
Make a surprise gift
Go to a fair
Lie on the grass
Go for a swim
Rearrange a room
Let someone love you
Drop a quarter where someone will find it
Hum
Bake bread

Self-Actualization Needs:

Visit a lonely person or a shut-in
Help a stranger
Be thankful
Take a risk
Do something you've always wanted to do
Say "yes"
Say "no"
Meditate
Throw away something you don't like
Try to feel another person's hurt (or joy)
Practice courage in one small way
Warm a heart
Laugh at yourself
Send a card to someone for no reason
Encourage a young person
Follow an impulse
Put yourself out for someone
Acknowledge when you are wrong
Volunteer some time to a good cause
Give yourself a present
Allow yourself to make a mistake
Allow yourself to make another mistake
Do something hard to do
Don't do something -- sit there
Take time to talk to neighborhood children

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MajestyJo · 10-01-2016, 11:31 PM

Amen! This is a living program. This looks like the Energizer Bunny. Hopefully if we follow this list, we will receive some of his energy. The butterfly tells us to transform our life into something for our Higher Good.

10-01-2016, 11:30 PM	#1
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	Esteem Needs The following is a list of 110 self-nurturing ideas that have to do with "Esteem Needs." Do at least one of these activities every day. Psysiological Needs: Eat breakfast Take a nap Break a bad habit, if just for today Get at least 7 hours sleep Drink 8 glasses of water today Eat a healthy snack Safety Needs: Repair something in your home Learn how to protect your health Wear a seat belt Belonging and Love Needs: Call your mother or father Search out a long-lost friend Open up to the person closest to you Pay a compliment Turn off the TV and talk Get to know the neighbor's dog or cat Listen to what you hear Tell someone you love him or her Hold a hand Hug someone Contact someone you've been thinking about Admire a child Get to know the neighbors Kiss a friend Tell someone how much you appreciate him or her Esteem Needs: Blow up a balloon and turn it loose Make your own candles Walk instead of ride Give yourself a compliment Read a poem aloud Look at the stars Use a new word Frame a picture Forget an old grudge Take yourself to lunch Go to the library Try a new food Listen to the rain on the roof Feed the ducks Jump in a pile of leaves Appreciate trees Sign up for a class Study a dew-laden cobweb Learn something new Sing in the shower List ten things you do well Walk in the rain Waste a little time Curl up before an open fire Buy a ticket to a special event Return something you've borrowed Organize some small corner of your life Pop popcorn Draw a picture, even if you can't draw Keep a secret Enjoy silence Walk to the nearest park Go wading Light a candle and read by candlelight Pick up some travel brochures and dream Smell a flower Clean out your wallet Take an early morning walk Look at old photos Run down a hill Write a poem Start a new project Walk barefoot Tell a joke Take a different road to get home Build a sandcastle Ask someone for help Let someone do you a favor Reread a favorite book Listen to the dawn Imagine being your favorite tree Watch the sun set Hide a love note where a loved one will find it Make a surprise gift Go to a fair Lie on the grass Go for a swim Rearrange a room Let someone love you Drop a quarter where someone will find it Hum Bake bread Self-Actualization Needs: Visit a lonely person or a shut-in Help a stranger Be thankful Take a risk Do something you've always wanted to do Say "yes" Say "no" Meditate Throw away something you don't like Try to feel another person's hurt (or joy) Practice courage in one small way Warm a heart Laugh at yourself Send a card to someone for no reason Encourage a young person Follow an impulse Put yourself out for someone Acknowledge when you are wrong Volunteer some time to a good cause Give yourself a present Allow yourself to make a mistake Allow yourself to make another mistake Do something hard to do Don't do something -- sit there Take time to talk to neighborhood children Source unknown to me __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

10-01-2016, 11:31 PM	#2
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	Amen! This is a living program. This looks like the Energizer Bunny. Hopefully if we follow this list, we will receive some of his energy. The butterfly tells us to transform our life into something for our Higher Good. __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

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