Happy Secrets

When I was in college, I loved to check PostSecret once or twice each week. It is an incredible idea, which has been mimicked by many but never replaced. I always came away from PostSecret - before a final, after a fight with a friend, or just getting through a normal week - feeling like I was part of a greater humanity, and that it was all going to be okay.

The founder of PostSecret is someone I've heard speak, and who I think continues to have a lot of important nuggets of wisdom to pass on to us all.

Here's his latest, just in time for any holiday blues or New Year's worries you may be experiencing:

If you ever catch yourself feeling blue, as we all sometimes do from time to time, here are ten things that if you do three days in a row (I promise) will make you feel better.

1. In the morning write down five things you are grateful for.

2. Think about a random act of kindness you can do for someone that day.
3. Eat well (you know what that means); drink well (no coffee, soft drinks or alcohol).
4. Exercise hard for 20 minutes.
5. Write an old friend an email or better yet a letter.
6. Actively relax, meditate or pray for 10 minutes.
7. Take a walk in the sun.
8. Watch a John Hughes' movie like "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" or "The Breakfast Club".
9. Sleep deep and long.
10. Remember that you are loved (I promise).

Sound simple? If there's one thing I've learned this year, it's that simple is as simple does. We earn the right to call something simple only after we actually live it out day-to-day in our lives. If we never try it, we never know what courage or persistence "simple" might actually take.

So thanks, PostSecret, for keeping us all a little happier, and a little more connected!