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Treat yourself often to something 'cheap and cheerful' that you like - chocolates, flowers, a magazine, a cake, a CD. It costs little and you're worth it.

Cultivate a few favourite places to eat and drink outside the home. Then, when you go to familiar café or restaurant where you like the ambience and the menu and the staff know you, you'll feel comfortable and content.


Stretch yourself mentally. Go on courses on different subjects - they don't have to be academic courses (they can be at your local college) and they don't have to be long (they can be as short as a day or even half day).

Stretch yourself geographically. Go to places you've never seen before. Even in your home town, try taking a different route than usual and notice the different locations that you've never seen before.


Do something you've never done before, like visiting museum . You'll probably surprise yourself at how much love it and you'll have found a new interest.

If you can afford it, take regular holidays in different countries and savour different cultures.
Keep a diary or journal. It will give structure to your life, an easy way to revisit good times, and a reminder that bad times don't last.



Have a political vision on how to create a better world - and do something to make that vision more of a reality.
Have a religious faith.