{"id":458,"date":"2009-05-27T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T11:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/ways-to-stay-happy-on-a-rainy-day.html"},"modified":"2009-05-27T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T11:15:08","slug":"ways-to-stay-happy-on-a-rainy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/05\/ways-to-stay-happy-on-a-rainy-day.html","title":{"rendered":"25 Ways to Stay Happy on a Rainy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"8dorothy_rain.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>If you’re in the Northeastern U.S. today, you’re wondering when London came calling–weather-wise anyway.  Just outside my window it’s cold, raw, wet, foggy, and…um…cold.  <\/p>\n

It’s a particular challenge to find happiness on a gray day, but I think we can do it.  There is joy to be had on a rainy day, and together we can find it.  Here are 25 ways to start.<\/p>\n

How to Stay Happy on a Rainy Day<\/b><\/u>  <\/p>\n

1.  Listen to songs about rain, starting with Valerie’s fabulous playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2.  Make a cup of tea and breathe in the steam.<\/p>\n

3.  Stare out the window and daydream.<\/p>\n

4.  Close your eyes and listen to the tappity tap of raindrops.<\/p>\n

5.  Go outside and find a good splashin’ puddle.<\/p>\n

6.  Notice how the rain darkens garden soil and greens up garden plants.<\/p>\n

7.  Clean your kitchen and enjoy its sparkle.<\/p>\n

8.  Slow down.<\/p>\n

9.  Don a brightly-colored rain slicker, boots, and\/or umbrella.<\/p>\n

10.  Watch a comfort movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

11.  Play a board game.<\/p>\n

12.  Bake bread.<\/p>\n

13.  Bake brownies.<\/p>\n

14.  Write letters or emails to friends you miss.<\/p>\n

15.  Invite neighbors over for a rainy day happy hour.<\/p>\n

16.  Organize your bookshelves and pick an unread book to start.<\/p>\n

17.  Take a soothing lavender bath.<\/p>\n

18.  Paint a clay pot with a cool, colorful design.  When it dries, plant herb seeds in it.<\/p>\n

19.  Set a mason jar outside and measure how much rain is falling.<\/p>\n

20.  Stand on a beach and watch the rain fall on water.<\/p>\n

21.  Visualize the rain cleansing everything it touches.<\/p>\n

22.  Keep joints fluid with pigeon pose<\/a> or other hip-opening yoga poses.<\/p>\n

23.  Hang out with a little kid; they don’t have adults’ weather biases. <\/p>\n

24.  Embrace it.  Decide that it’s beautiful.<\/p>\n

25.  Look forward to tomorrow and many sunny days thereafter.<\/p>\n

Please add to this list: how do you stay happy on rainy days?<\/b>  (Northwestern U.S. readers, I’m looking in your direction!)<\/p>\n

(image via: http:\/\/sunbonnetsue.com\/Summer_Sue\/summer.htm<\/a>)
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