- Start singing happy birthday to the next person that comes in the door
- Prank call your secretary and act like a client and then tell them what a great job they’re doing
- Watch “The Evil Eye” video
- Play paper basketball with your garbage can (“5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BUZZZZZER!)
- Pray for someone
- Learn a new vocabulary word
- Go to another floor in your building and just browse
- Have a thumb war with someone
- Make a xerox copy of your hand
- Make some jewelry out of paper clips
- Hand-deliver everything left at the fax machine
- Spell your name using post-its
- Take a photograph of something beautiful
- Write a short poem
- Make a beat with your hands and/or mouth
- Hug someone or yourself
- Hold your breath
- Send an inspiring quote to 5 friends via text or email
- Stare into your partners eyes
- Take a deep breath with the intention of finding a new smell
- Turn off your computer
- Tell a joke
- Hold the door for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 people
- Kiss someone
- Pay someone’s toll at the bridge
- Meditate
- Go to the bathroom and rinse your face with hot or cold water
- Pass gas (out loud for best results)
- Break something (inexpensive i.e. a pencil)
- Eat a piece of chocolate
- Make faces while brushing your teeth. It’s great with a partner.
- Throw away old papers (especially bills)
- Listen to your favorite song
- Smell a plant/flower
- Sing in the shower
- Write you name in bubble or block letters
- Frisk your partner (“You’re under arrest!”)
- Try to say the alphabet backwards
- Hold your tongue and say “I was born on a pirate ship.”
- Play tic-tac-toe with someone
- Write a thank you email to someone
- Water a plant
- Read a daily affirmation
- Call 411 and ask “Where does the bread go when you put it in the toaster?” (Make sure they laugh with you)
- Door bell ditch (for old times sake)
- Make a paper airplane and throw from the highest place you have access to
- Run up the stairs
- Tell your boss you’re taking next Friday off
- Call someone just to tell them you love them
- Give someone a massage
- Pop some popcorn
- Take off your shoes and walk around barefoot
- Flip through a magazine and look for 5 inspiring words, images, or messages
- Play a quick game of solitaire or minesweeper
- Look up a random person, place, or thing on Wikipedia and learn something new
- Ask someone out to lunch (and offer to treat for better results)
- Chew something 30 times before swallowing and enjoy the flavor and texture
- List as many things you are grateful for as you can
- Draw a self-portrait
- Hide $5 from yourself or for someone else to find
