Feel Better in 5 Minutes

While reading an article by Mike Zimmerman in Men’s Health, I came across an article on “feel better in 5 minutes” and had to share the list. Tell me how many of these you agree with!

1. Sit in silence and count backwards from 300. That’s a good 5 minute chunk of life gone to the gods, buddy. Do you miss it? Good. Now you see that killing time is a subtle form of suicide.
2. Hey, see that car wash? PULL IN! a shower and a shave for your ride polishes that brass on your balls. EVERYONE LOVES TO RIDE CLEAN!
3. Grab your girl and do whatever playful think it is you do to brighten her day. A quick tango. A well timed foot rub. A little flailing in the foyer. Attack now!
4. Unless you’re lunching with the boss, no workday mean needs to last more than 5 minutes. Trail mix, yogurt some fresh fruit at your desk. Now you’ve saved time to exercise and get home at a reasonable hour.
5. Coffee-free break #1: Put your favorite song on headphones. LOUD. Some Sympathy for the Devil perhaps? Feel better? Good, now get back to work.
6. Tell the younglings and anytime, anyplace story. Start with “Once upon a time, a man rode a horse into a forest.” Make up the rest as you go. Marvel in how quickly they shut up.
7. Shred some old bank statements. Feels good, right? Very Enron-After-Dark.
8. Go to an online bank site like INGdirect.com and open a savings account that will automatically deduct 5% of your net pay from your checking account every payday. Now here is the important part: FORGET THE ACOUNT EXISTS!
9. Return one call that you don’t want to return. Cut it off after 5; you now officially have better things to do.
10. Put up a new light fixture. You’ll transform the room’s dynamic. And it impresses women because any man who can perform basic electrical work is a man without fear.
11. You owe somebody, somewhere a thank-you note.
12. Stretch your hamstrings. It makes every muscle feel better.
13. Self-abuse never hurts.
14. Coffee break #2: Three sets of 20 pushups. You don’t even have to loosen the tie!
15. Great game when you are stuck in traffic: “What’s that guy got that I haven’t?” Whatever it is, note your attitude toward that item or trait. You now have a good idea what’s motivating you these days.
16. Coffee Break #3: Keep a funny book on hand. Some George Carlin. Some David Sedaris. Some old Calvin and Hobbes? Make 5 pages your 3 pm ritual.
17. She won’t mind when the alarm  clock goes off 5 minutes early tomorrow if she goes off soon after it.
18. While  you are in line at the store, zone out on what’s bothering you most about life. Give yourself from now until the checkout cuie scans your first item to decide how you will solve the problem. See, you already know what the hell needs to be done, you are just not doing it yet.

Try a few if these things in order to feel better in 5 minutes.

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