Finding activities That Bring You Joy.
In times of chaos or disharmony, it’s important to return to activities that will bring joy and happiness into your life.
It’s so easy to focus on all the negative things surrounding us but within the darkness, the light will always shine. If you’re taking more time away from people, spending more time at home, involuntarily or voluntarily, you have the opportunity to turn it into a beautiful and enjoyable experience!
Firstly, we think it’s a great exercise to grab a pen and paper and write down at least five things you know will bring you joy! Don’t overthink this process. Simply just list things that make you happy when you’re doing them and afterwards!
For inspiration, we’ve created our own list to share with you to create ideas for how you can spend your time wisely.
Downtime and time spent alone + at home is so important and most of us don’t get an opportunity to do it enough! So perhaps take this moment as a blessing and make the most of it!
Okay, here we go!
Read a book
Do you have a book you’ve ALWAYS wanted to read? Maybe it’s been sitting on your bed shelf or eyeing you off in the book section at Nurcha. Wherever it may be, now is the time to sit back, brew a cup of tea and get your reading on!
You won’t just feel relaxed but you’ll receive so many benefits in the process!
The benefits of reading books can be:
– Strengthens the brain by learning
– Increases empathy
– Builds vocabulary
– Prevents cognitive decline
– Reduces stress
– Aids sleep
– Alleviates depression
– Lengthens lifespan
We have a wide variety of books available in-store from spirituality to cooking! Take this time to grow your brain and become a book worm.
Journal
This one is a goodie! It’s common knowledge that journaling is an incredible activity to do daily, but in our everyday busy lives, it can become difficult to find/prioritise the time.
Journaling is known to help relieve stress and anxiety – which is perfect for times of uncertainty and worry. Keeping a journal can reduce stress by helping one get rid of negative thoughts.
Journaling may also provide the following benefits:
– Keep your thoughts organised. Diaries help us to organize our thoughts and make them apprehensible
– Improve your writing. Journaling helps you to train your writing
– Set & achieve your goals
– Record ideas on-the-go
– Relieve stress
– Allow yourself to self-reflect
– Boost your memory
– Inspire creativity
Journaling doesn’t have to be a boring or tedious task! Grab yourself a beautiful journal that you’ll actually love whipping out and writing in from Nurcha. We always have new journals constantly filling our shelves! Come down and treat yourself today.
Get creative
There is joy in getting creative! There’s never been a better time to tap into your creative side. Whether that’s painting, drawing, writing, singing, dancing – whatever your outlet may be!
Getting creative is an incredible way to express emotions and feelings as well as tapping into imagination.
Being creative gives us opportunities to try out new ideas, and new ways of thinking and problem-solving.
Creative activities help us acknowledge and celebrate our own uniqueness and diversity.
Creativity encourages self-expression, mindfulness, a way to create something from personal feelings and experiences. Why not give it a go, if it’s not normally your thing, that’s even more reason to give it a try!
Bake
Extra time at home? Perfect! Now you have more to become a Masterchef in the kitchen or perfect that recipe you’ve been wanting to nail! Or maybe you want to experiment with different recipes.
Not only will this be a fun (and delicious) activity, it will allow you to get out of your head and get creative!
Put your favourite tunes on and go into your own little cooking bubble.
We stock a HUGE range of grocery items for any recipe, sweet or savoury, healthy or naughty!
Go wild in the kitchen and don’t forget to show us what you make using the products you got from Nurcha by tagging us on our social media!
Rearrange the pantry
Now – this one may seem like a chore to some, but we think rearranging the pantry could potentially be a really fun activity. It will not only leave you feeling organised and fulfilled but you’ll be more inclined to make more delicious meals!
We currently have $2 Mason Jars available in-store that are fantastic for storing dry goods in, like oats or rice.
We hope this provided you with some inspiration to turn extra time at home into a potentially wonderful and fun experience!
If you try any of the tips we listed, let us know! Message, comment and tag us on social media in any of your purchases or creations.
Keeping creating joy????
