Lists to Make When You are 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!
Your Dreams
- Life Goals
- Countries you would like to visit
- Things you would like to do
- Stories you would like to write about
- Adventures you would like to live
- Dreams for the future
- Where you would like to live
- What you will be doing in the next few years
- Things you would like to get
- Skills you would like to learn
- Wishlist
- Things you’d get rid of to make the world better
Your Favorite Things
- Favorite songs
- Funniest jokes
- Favorite movies
- Favorite TV shows
- Favorite books
- Favorite places
- Favorite food
- Favorite restaurants
- Favorite parks in town
- Favorite quotes ♥
- Favorite podcasts
- The things you can’t live without
- Your favorite ways to exercise
- Your favorite animals
Your People
- People you love
- People loving you
- How you met your favorite people
- People you would like to meet
- What you would like to do with your friends or family
- People who inspire you
- Every friend you ever made
- People who have positively influenced you
- Gift ideas for your favorite people
- Everything you love about your partner
- People you want to send a thank-you note to
- Date night ideas
- The traits you love in other people
You
- Favorite memories
- Your best qualities
- Best days you’ve lived
- Compliments you have received
- What you like the most about yourself
- Your most precious possessions
- A bucket list of things to do
- Things that make you happy
- Positive adjectives to describe yourself
- Your values
- Favorites songs to relax
- Fun things to do at home
- What the perfect day looks like to you
- What always makes you laugh
- All the ways you’ve changed for the better
- The things you will not tolerate no matter what
- The things you would tell your younger self
Your Accomplishments
- Things that you are grateful for
- Things you are proud of
- The scariest things you’ve done
- Dreams that became reality
- Biggest accomplishments
- Ways to celebrate your wins
- All the things you are good at
- The moments in your life that taught you the biggest life lessons
- The most important turning points in your life
- Everything you’re grateful for in your life
