1Â Exercise on a Monday night (nothing fun happens on a Monday night).
2Â On the fence about a purchase? Wait 72 hours before you buy it.
3Â Tip: the quickest supermarket queue is always behind the fullest trolley (greeting, paying and packing take longer than you think).
4Â Bring fruit to work. Bring fruit to bed!
5 Consider going down to four days a week. It’s likely a disproportionate amount of your fifth day’s work is taxed anyway, so you’ll lose way less than a fifth of your take-home pay.
6Â Everyone has an emotional blind spot when they fight. Work out what yours is, and remember it.
7 Plant spring bulbs, even if they’re just in a pot.
8Â Send a voice note instead of a text; they sound like personal mini podcasts.
9 Keep a bird feeder by a window, ideally the kitchen. It’ll pass the time when you’re washing up.
10 Always bring ice to house parties (there’s never enough).
11Â Get the lighting right: turn off the overhead one, turn on lots of lamps (but turn off when you leave the room).
12Â Sharpen your knives.
13 Feeling sluggish at work? Try the Pomodoro technique: 25 minutes on, five-minute break, and repeat.
14Â Buy a cheap blender and use it to finely chop onions (it saves on time and tears).
15 Keep your children’s drawings and paintings. Put the best ones in frames.
16 Set aside 10 minutes a day to do something you really enjoy – be it reading a book or playing Halo.
17 Don’t be weird about how to stack the dishwasher.
18 Reuse all plastic bags – even bread bags. Much of the packaging you can’t reuse can be taken to larger branches of supermarkets for recycling.
19Â Take a photo of the tag you are given when leaving your coat in a cloakroom.
20 Can’t sleep? Try a relaxing soak with lavender bath oil before bed.
21Â Add the milk at least one minute after the tea has brewed.
22Â Laugh shamelessly at your own jokes.
23Â It might sound obvious, but a pint of water before bed after a big night avoids a clanger of a hanger.
24 Start a Saturday morning with some classical music – it sets the tone for a calm weekend.
25Â Look closely.
26 Set time limits for your apps. Just go to the settings on your smartphone and add a limit – for example, if you have an iPhone turn on Screen Time.
27Â If possible, take the stairs.
28Â Always be willing to miss the next train.
29Â Eat meat once a week, max. Ideally less.
30 Be polite to rude strangers – it’s oddly thrilling.
31Â Ask questions, and listen to the answers.
32 Connect with nature: stand outside barefoot for a few minutes – even when it’s cold.
33 Join your local library – and use it.
34Â Go for a walk without your phone.
35 Eat salted butter (life’s too short for unsalted).
36Â Stretch in the morning. And maybe in the evening.
37 If you’re going less than a mile, walk or cycle. About half of car journeys are under two miles, yet these create more pollution than longer journeys as the engine isn’t warmed up yet.
38Â Sleep with your phone in a different room (and buy an alarm clock).
39 Send postcards from your holidays. Send them even if you’re not on holiday.
40Â Instead of buying new shoes, get old ones resoled and buy new laces.
41 Buy a plant. Think you’ll kill it? Buy a fake one.
42 Don’t have Twitter on your phone.
43Â If you find an item of clothing you love and are certain you will wear for ever, buy three.
44 Try taking a cold shower (30 seconds to two minutes) before your hot one. It’s good for your health – both physical and mental.
45Â Text to say thank you.
46 Read a poem every day. Keep a compendium, such as A Poem for Every Day of the Year, by your bed.
47 Take out your headphones when walking – listen to the world.
48Â Buy secondhand.
49Â Buy in person!
50 Learn how to floss properly.
51 If something in the world is making you angry, write (politely) to your MP – they will read it.
52Â Say hello to your neighbours.
53Â Learn the basics of repairing your clothes.
54 Always bring something – wine, flowers – to a dinner/birthday party, even if they say not to.
55Â Learn the names of 10 trees.
56Â Call an old friend out of the blue.
57 Every so often, search your email for the word “unsubscribe” and then use it on as many as you can.
58Â Buy a newspaper. (Ideally this one.)
59Â Always have dessert.
60Â Drop your shoulders.
61 Make something from scratch. Works best if it’s something you’d normally buy, such as a dress or a bag.
62 Go to bed earlier – but don’t take your phone with you.
63 Volunteer. ​​Go to gov.uk/government/get-involved for ideas.
64Â Dry your cutlery with a cloth (it keeps it shiny).
65Â Instead of buying a morning coffee, set up a daily transfer of ÂŁ2 from a current into a savings account and forget about it. Use it to treat yourself to something different later.
66 Don’t save things for “best”. Wear them – enjoy them.
67Â Sing!
68 Think about your posture: don’t slouch, and don’t cross your legs.
69 Hang your clothes up. Ideally on non-wire hangers (it’s better for them).
70Â Skinny-dip with friends.
71Â Switch your phone off on holiday (or at least delete your work email app).
72Â Always use freshly ground pepper.
73Â Thank a teacher who changed your life.
74Â Respect your youngers.
75Â Keep your keys in the same place.
76Â Ditch the plastic cartons and buy milk in glass bottles.
77 Rent rather than buy a suit/dress for that forthcoming wedding (even if it’s your own).
78Â Always book an extra day off after a holiday.
79 Ignore the algorithm – listen to music outside your usual taste.
80Â Mute or leave a WhatsApp group chat.
81 Learn a TikTok dance (but don’t post it on TikTok).
82 Cook something you’ve never attempted before.
83Â Join a local litter-picking group.
84 Handwash that thing you’ve never cleaned.
85 Don’t get a pet/do get a pet.
86Â Nap.
87Â Learn how to breathe deeply: in through the nose, out through the mouth, making the exhale longer than the inhale.
88Â Buy a bike and use it. Learn how to fix it, too.
89 Politely decline invitations if you don’t want to go.
90Â If you do go, have an exit strategy (can we recommend a French exit, where you slip out unseen).
91Â If in doubt, add cheese.
92 Don’t look at your phone at dinner.
93 Do that one thing you’ve been putting off.
94Â Give compliments widely and freely.
95Â Set up an affordable standing order to a charity.
96Â Keep a book in your bag to avoid the temptation to doomscroll.
97Â Listen to the albums you loved as a teenager.
98Â Make a friend from a different generation.
99 Staying over at a friend’s place? Strip the bed in the morning.
100Â For instant cheer, wear yellow.
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