Summer Holiday Project #4: Learn a new skill – something useful, something you’ve always wanted to do, something that will further your life goals. Practice makes prepared!
When you reflect on your day or week, make sure you can say “I am glad I did that” rather than “I wish I’d done that”.
Summer Holiday Project #3: Work towards mental wellbeing. Talk with people, lay to rest past issues, call a charity to get professional help with current issues and feelings.
Summer Holiday Project #2: Work towards physical health. Start and keep up a daily exercise regime, see your doctor for outstanding issues, eat healthily, get involved in local sports.
Summer Holiday Project #1: Create or do something meaningful to you, and explore your talents. Artwork, music, creative writing, dance, a new sports activity.
Set the end of the summer as your deadline and work towards achieving something of your own choosing for yourself, so you don’t feel the time was wasted. Create a project, don’t rely on someone else to!
Everyone evaluates situations using their own personal experience and criteria. Respect their decision and ask what they used to make their conclusion.
If you need to ask for help, instead of deciding if you think they’ll help or not, ask and give them the opportunity to decide for themselves.
Other people’s thoughts – good, bad or indifferent – are their own. Enjoy your own life to the full; you can’t please everyone all of the time, and there’s no need to try to.
Accept that you can’t control what other people think. You’ve no idea what might go through their head, or why; everyone responds differently.