Get on your bike. Dance until 6am. Chase a dog around the park. Find a way of doing some form of sustained exercise for more than 25 minutes and you'll find that your mood will improve and you'll be better at getting rid of bad moods and niggling anxiety.
"After just 25 minutes, your mood improves, you are less stressed, you have more energy – and you'll be motivated to exercise again tomorrow. A bad mood is the reason to exercise", says Prof Smits in Dallas.
Remember, before you head off on your bike to put enough fuel and water into your body to get you through the exercise.
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It's amazing how unlucky the people who live in Hollyoaks and Albert Square are. Every episode a crisis. Some drama in real life is avoidable. It's all about how you think about it.
Imagine you're watching the TV series of your own life. When something turns up that has drama written all over it, switch your view from being on-screen star, to irate sofa shouter. And then listen to what you're shouting.
Taking a step back and thinking about things from the outside can help you avoid bad habits and negative thoughts.
Oh and, never move to Forks, Washington or invite James over. It'll only end badly.
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- #7 Fail Better
- #8 Get Physical
- #9 Life Is A Soap Opera
- #10 Begin It
- #11 Unstoppable
- #12 Good Choice
- #13 Happy Diary
- #14 Dream Maker
- #15 Ask Questions
- #16 Assert Yourself
- #17 Blank Page
- #18 Stockpiling Stress
- #19 Hack Your Smile
- #20 Make It Memorable
- #21 Count To Ten
- #22 Angry Email
- #23 Get Rich or Die... happy?
- #24 Take Risks
- #25 Write it down
- #26 Leave It
- #27 Snog, Marry, Avoid?
- #28 Reasons to write things down
- #29 Own Worst Critic
- #30 Fightin' Talk
- #31 Flow
- #32 Make A Brew
- #33 No Complaints
- #34 I'm Exploding!
- #35 The Worst
- #36 Does my bum look big?
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- #39 Make A Change
- #40 Talk To Strangers
- #41 About You
- #42 Listen up
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- #44 Smell the bread
- #45 Surprise!
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- #47 They Might Not Be Giants
- #48 Poo Poo
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- #50 Move On
- #51 Talk To The Animals
- #52 Jump & Shout
- #53 I Whip My Hair Back & Forth
- #54 Smile
- #55 What If...?
- #56 Boring