BUTTERFLY EFFECT

COMPLETE AT LEAST 6 OF THE FOLLOWING 22 CLAUSES

✅ EACH WEEK, TRY SOMETHING NEW. YOU CHOOSE HOW BIG OR SMALL THE 'THING' IS.

5th January - made roasted chickpeas and sweet potato

14th January - took an Introduction to Makaton training course through work

19th January - made air fryer brownies

25th January - played shuffleboard

❌ EACH WEEK, SPEND AT LEAST 30 MINUTES LITTER PICKING.

❌ ADD AN EXTRA 10 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY TO YOUR NORMAL ROUTINE - E.G. STAYING IN THE POOL FOR AN EXTRA 5 LENGTHS, OR GETTING OFF THE BUS A STOP EARLY.

✅ KEEP A DAILY JOURNAL OF THINGS WHICH HAVE MADE YOU HAPPY THAT DAY - IT COULD BE SOMETHING AS SMALL AS HEARING BIRDSONG OR SEEING SUNSHINE.

❌ MAKE A GRATITUDE JAR - PUT ITEMS IN WHENEVER YOU THINK OF SOMETHING YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR, AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE A BAD DAY, TAKE ONE OUT TO READ.

✅ SPEND AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EACH WEEK ON A SELF-CARE ACTIVITY.

3rd January - hair mask                          

10th January - foot soak, vapowax candle, hot peach tea, and Murder, She Wrote

19th January - 30 minutes reading followed by 30 minutes nap

26th January - a brisk windy walk along Southwold seafront

✅ HAVE AN EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA CULL - REMOVE THINGS WHICH DO NOT BRING YOU JOY.

❌ EACH WEEK, PERFORM A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS FOR SOMEONE YOU DO NOT KNOW.

✅ PICK AN AREA OF YOUR HOME WHICH NEEDS ORGANISING. SET ASIDE 15 MINUTES EACH WEEK TO CLEAR IT OUT.

❌ SMILE AT 5 STRANGERS EACH DAY.

❌ EACH WEEK, CHOOSE ONE FOOD OR DRINK TO SWITCH FOR A HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE FOR THE WEEK - E.G. SWITCHING FULL FAT MILK FOR SEMI-SKIMMED, OR SWITCHING CRISPS FOR SALTED POPCORN.

✅ EAT AN EXTRA PORTION OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES EACH DAY.

❌ SPEND AT LEAST 30 MINUTES EACH WEEK HELPING SOMEONE ELSE IN SOME WAY - THIS MIGHT BE THROUGH A NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY OR HELPING AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOUR OR RELATIVE.

❌ SAY SOMETHING KIND TO YOURSELF AND SOMEONE ELSE EACH DAY. YOU COULD WRITE KIND THINGS TO YOURSELF ON POST-ITS TO STICK AROUND YOUR HOME.

❌ WRITE THANK YOU NOTES TO 5 PEOPLE WHO HELPED YOU IN SOME WAY LAST YEAR.

❌ SEND A LETTER TO SOMEONE WHO YOU WOULD NORMALLY JUST TEXT.

❌ INSTEAD OF BUYING AN ITEM FROM AMAZON OR A SUPERMARKET, SHOP SMALL.

✅ RECYCLE OR REHOME 10 ITEMS OF CLOTHING YOU HAVEN'T WORN FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS.

✅ CHOOSE A POSITIVE NEW MORNING HABIT FOR THE MONTH - MAYBE IT'S A PHYSICAL ONE (LIKE SIT UPS OR A MORNING WALK), OR DRINKING YOUR MORNING COFFEE OUTDOORS, OR STARTING THE DAY SENDING A NICE MESSAGE TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW.

❌ MAKE SOMETHING COLOURFUL TO BRIGHTEN UP A ROOM - IT COULD BE ARRANGING A BUNCH OF FLOWERS OR TRYING A COLOURFUL CRAFT.

✅ TAKE A SMALL STEP TO SUPPORT A CAUSE WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO YOU - LIKE SIGNING A PETITION, MAKING A DONATION, OR RAISING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE.