Rewards Other Than Food

[butterflydreaming]

Food -- fancy coffee from a place I love, ice cream, bacon, guilty-pleasure restaurant food -- is an easy way for me to reward myself, to give myself a little present for getting through the rough spots. There have been a lot of rough spots lately, and consequently, that reward is getting overdone. The whole point of treats is that they are rare.

What else makes a good reward? It can't be a big expense, or even feel like much of an expense, since being broke is a little too present on my mind.

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[shellyinseattle.livejournal.com]

Some of my old tricks:

Get out a map of the area, look for places you haven't been, and go take a walk there. Bonus -- you'll get a workout without feeling like you had to exercise. It's the opposite of using food as a treat.

Go to a library that makes me feel great and get some reading and writing done. Suzallo at UW is interesting.

More crafting, since you're very good at it and already have most of the materials.

Look through the events section and find a lecture/book reading/etc that's free.

Sit down and write out your goals including some that are easily accomplished in a few hours. Then go through and do then. You'll feel great as you accomplish crossing them off your list.