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Thursday, 26 February 2026

10 Things To Do To Cheer Up Someone Who Is Under A Dark Cloud

1.Tell a joke
2.Read a childhood storybook
3.Talk with him or her about the problem
4.Do a funny dance
5.Try not to make a lot of noise
6.Offer the person a hug
7.Share tea and biscuits with them
8.Play a nice, slow paced board game
9.Teach them mindful breathing
10.Listen to everything they tell you

10 Things You Can Do To Find The Useful In The Forgotten

1.Sort through your old notebooks
2.Make a graph of what can be a story and what can't
3.Make two jars - one for useful ideas, and one for ones that don't prove useful
4.Make a notebook that lists down useful ideas
5.Use a duo of tubs to throw yellow balls in for which ideas are useful, and blue balls in for which ideas prove no use
6.Have a different noise for which ideas are useful or not (e.g. a sparkle for 'useful' and a game show 'Wrong' buzzer for 'not useful')
7.Make a big, huge idea jar for all the ideas you find useful
8.Make two biscuit barrels - one for useful ideas, one for ideas that won't be of use
9.Do a variant of musical statues where, whenever the music stops, you point to an idea and yell out whether it's useful or not
10.Choose two ideas a day - one useful, one not

Gerry Anderson? Aw YES!