My Happy Pills

Is it unusual that I find it normal that I spend more than half of my days in sadness? I don't think it is. Moreover, I don't know if it's sadness or something more, however, I'm looking into it. I've recently realized that I just can't be bothered to get out of bed, I no longer enjoy spending time with a friend or doing my hobbies. 

So I've devised a number of things that I typically do on a day to day basis to help me focus more on being happy.

1. Go for a walk - it will help you clear your mind. Even though it's only for a few minutes, leaving the house and adventuring onto random walks often helps me as it frees my mind up from every negative thought.
2. Clean your room - yes, this is a weird suggestion. However, if you have OCD like moi; you'll find that not only does this help relax you but you get to have a clean room at the end. Thus being a win-win situation!!
3. Eat a tub of ice cream, preferably Ben & Jerry's or Haagen-Dazs - you don't even care about the calories you're stuffing yourself with because of all in all, ice cream is the ULTIMATE cure to sadness!
4. Sleep - I'm assuming that this would be people's first option anyway. But if not, you should try it. In a way, I think of sleep as a form of meditation as you're putting your mind to rest for a few minutes or hours. Not only do you wake up refreshed but also happier.
5. Wrap yourself in a blanket and CRY - I feel as if this is the most important out of all these things because sometimes you just have to cry in order to feel better. And no, it's not a sign of weakness. Cry until you feel like you're all cried out. Cry until you feel better. 
6. Drink tea -  Tea is the liquid to every solution. No lie.
7. Paint or write your sadness - it could become your best piece of work. 
8. Remember that music is always the answer - some tracks include Switchfoot - Free, Motopony - Wait for Me, Brad Paisley - Find Yourself, Cody Simpson - Palm of Your Hand, Norah Jones - Don't Know Why, The Fray - How To Save a Life
9. Wear a big sweater - I find it important to be comfortable in my sadness. That why I can see why I'm feeling the way I am and while, most days I'm unable to find an answer; wearing an oversized sweater helps so much!
10. Last but not least, Acknowledge that there will always be good days - at the end of the day, I think this will always be my biggest lesson. That, I won't feel down forever. There are good days ahead, it just a matter of getting through the bad ones first.