Still searching for ways to step outside the box? As a mom, improving your perspective on life can be easier than you think. Here are some more simple suggestions to help you experience new things in life:
- Get together with a friend you have been meaning to get to know better
- Check out a store you haven’t been to before
- Learn a new craft: knitting, sewing, scrapbooking, etc.
- Organize a playdate with friends who don’t know each other
- Try cooking a new ethnic cuisine
- Check out some travel DVDs at your library and learn about a new place
- Write a letter to someone telling them how much they mean to you
- Get a manicure or a pedicure (check out beauty schools for bargain prices)
- Move your bed so that you wake up with a new view
- Switch tasks with your husband for a night (i.e. he cooks while you mow the lawn)
- Put your child’s ‘regular’ toys away; get out ones he hasn’t played with for long time
- Resolve to quit complaining for an entire week
- Invite a friend out to lunch at a place you don’t normally go
- Skip your “regular” TV shows in favor of new ones for a day
- Buy new shades of makeup
- Take the bus or a taxi somewhere
- Hire a babysitter and do something for yourself for a couple of hours
- Plan a date with your husband
- Invite a neighbor over for dinner or coffee
- In the car, listen to a different radio station
- Buy a new trendy piece of clothing or accessory
- Complete a home improvement project
- Make the step to do something new professionally
- Sign up for a fitness class like Yoga or Pilates
- Go for a walk in a new neighborhood