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55 Things To Do To Help You Bloom, Even in Winter

We are starting to enter a time where the seasons are changing and the chilling, bitter, and much-dreaded winter is upon us. Here are 55 ways to ~bloom~ and not ~die~ like beautiful plants often do during winter.

Shaylie Woodford
Dec 27, 2018
University of North Dakota
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55 Things To Do To Help You Bloom, Even in Winter
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You, whoever you are, are like a peach tree. Right now we are in pruning season. This is when the fruit that has been growing on our branches is pruning, ripening, and preparing to fall off of our branches. We must let these pruned fruits fall in order for us to begin growing new fruit. A new fruit that will not weigh us down or make our tree ugly. So let the pruned fruits fall and let new fruits grow as this is the act of re-blossoming. It is a sign of a new beginning. A fresh start.

1. Breathe in

2. Breathe out 

3. Practice guided meditation

4. Bullet journal 

5. Or regular journal 

6. Enjoy a cup of tea in silence 

7. Wash your bed sheets

8. And your bedroom curtains

9. Make your bed with these new clean bed sheets

10. Open your curtains to invite natural vitamin D into your home (dorm room)

11. Paint your nails 

12. Take a shower

13. Or a soothing bubble bath 

14. Read a good book 

15. Put your dirty clothes in the hamper

16. Put your dirty dishes in the sink 

17. Fold your laundry 

18. Log out of social media (trust me on this one) 

19. Exercise 

20. Even if it is just for a half an hour

21. Light a candle 

22. Dim the lights 

23. Learn to enjoy your time with yourself 

24. Thank the Lord for where you are 

25. And for waking you up today 

26. Practice gratitude 

27. And being mindful 

28. Unfollow people on social media who make you feel less than 

29. Buy an essential oil diffuser 

30. And inhale the sweet smells of lemon grass

31. Eat vegetables, even if it is one single stalk of broccoli 

32. Drink your water 

33. Fuel your body 

34. And your mind a

35. Might as well feed your soul, too 

36. Invest your negative energy or general funkiness into something worthwhile

37. Like art 

38. Or volunteering 

39. Or building something (like a relationship)

40. Remember to wash your hair 

41. And take your trash out (this includes exes and toxic friends) 

42. Buy a new shade of lipstick (if you're a makeup addict such as myself) 

43. Or a new book 

44. Or an old book (sometimes these can be better)

45. Enjoy a bowl of ice cream (guilt free) 

46. Practice talking nice to yourself 

47. Practice loving yourself 

48. Even when it's hard 

49. Because I love you and you should too 

50. Color in a coloring book 

51. Adult or children coloring books work well 

52. Spread love as if it is all you have (trust me, it feels good) 

53. Call your mom 

54. Inhale the idea of new beginnings 

55. And hang tight because better things are yet to come

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