| Christmas is an emotional storm, and next comes | | | | outside more, sit in the sunlight in your house for |
| Valentine's, so take a break. Move from emotion | | | | half an hour a day. |
| to thinking and action. | | | | 6. Hunker down and last it out - read good books, |
| 1. Start planning a Valentine's Party, or Martin | | | | curl up by the fire, sleep, don't fight it. It's a |
| Luther King Party. If you were running a day late | | | | hibernating time anyway. Get massages. Take |
| and a dollar behind for Christmas, learn from it. | | | | naps. |
| Budget and start sooner, but have the fun of | | | | 7. Start a new project at work - it will give |
| another "party" on the horizon. NB: Planning is a | | | | everyone a lift. Focus on thinking, not feeling. |
| cerebral activity, i.e., neocortex. | | | | 8. Kickstart your brain by taking a new course. If |
| 2. Get active - add an extra hour to your daily | | | | you're an extravert, go to community ed classes. |
| workout. This creates physical energy, clears the | | | | If you're an introvert, enjoy yourself online and |
| mind, and flushes out toxic emotions. | | | | take teleclasses or get a Teaching Company |
| 3. Clean your house till it shines, and do the work | | | | course ( for a special treat. You can listen to the |
| yourself. This is a tradition for New Year's in | | | | tapes in the car, or while jogging. |
| many cultures, symbolic of getting rid of bad stuff | | | | 9. Change your diet dramatically. Do a juice fast, |
| and making room for new stuff. Buy a special | | | | or something very cleansing and healthy within |
| floor cleaning product. Sweep toward the doors, | | | | the constraints of your physical condition. Get that |
| or vacuum, then remove the bag and carry it out | | | | sugar and alcohol out of your system and replace |
| to the garbage. Out! Out! Clean the furniture with | | | | it with vitamins and minerals. Don't forget your |
| something like Murphy's oil, a soap and | | | | vitamin C and a good neutraceutical like |
| water-based product, not oil. Then clean the floors | | | | DefenseBuilder or Get Well Soon Dietary |
| with the special cleaning product. | | | | Supplement from . you must keep your immune |
| 4. Clean the yard, shovel away dirty snow, clean | | | | system up, considering bird flu as well. If you live |
| the gutters, wash the windows, rake the leaves. | | | | in Texas, this is peak allergy time. Watch your |
| It will be time to plant the daffodils and prune the | | | | diet - it's cumulative - the pollen PLUS what you |
| roses before you know it. | | | | eat. Get you're A/C ducts cleaned. |
| 5. Take a vacation. Go somewhere warm like a | | | | 10. Get rid of "stuff." Grab a garbage bag and fill it |
| cruise to the Caribbean. The sun will do wonders | | | | with stuff. Put the bags in the garage or barn. |
| for an attitude adjustment, as well as SAD | | | | Then clean the garage or barn, and get rid of it all. |
| (Seasonal Affective Disorder). At home, get | | | | (Nice to donate to charity of course). |