Cancer Truth Note: #152
Changing your scenery and adding some play for 5 minutes can shift your mood.
For the past several days I have been posting about how sneaky depression can be. One of the tricks I use for this is moving. This has been more than a little challenging for me the past several weeks, due to this slow recovery. It can be a bit of a vicious cycle. So I have needed to get back to “eating my own dog food”. You know, doing what I tell my clients to do, so that I can make slow and steady progress.
Stepping outside into nature for 5 minutes can make a huge difference in my mood. So on my once every four hour walkabouts I added in stepping out onto the patio to look at how the flowers are changing and how spring is transforming the garden and it makes me smile and raises my spirits.
This can also work at work. You know that email you have been writing for an hour struggling to find the words. Leave the desk. Step outside or get a glass of water. I bet when you get back it will be quicker and easier to knock out whatever item was holding you up. Shifting our brain can unlock our possibilities.
What is your go-to scenery change?
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