Well, here it is. The challenge I set for myself in last month’s blog was to
come up with 400 activities for people to do. I’ve covered a lot of ground
and had fun trying to meet my challenge. I chose to leave out activities
that involved harming anything and also video games. Please engage in any of
the activities listed with safety considerations always in mind. Have fun
but don’t get hurt. If you think of another activity, send in an email so
people can see the new items. Above all, enjoy yourself!
Here are the 400 activities to make your life healthier
1. gather acorns
2. act in a play
3. aikido
4. air ballooning
5. visit an amusement park
6. search for your ancestors
7. animal rescue
8. keep an ant farm
9. antique collecting
10. apologize (what, like anyone’s perfect? This could be one of the
hardest to do.)
11. Apple picking
12. maintain an aquarium
13. visit an aquarium
14. archery
15. take an architectural tour/walk
16. go to an auction
17. hold a baby, and coo and smile and laugh and be happy
18. babysitting
19. backgammon
20. badminton
21. bake
22. form a band (rock on)
23. basket weaving
24. recharge your batteries (literally or metaphorically)
25. blow up balloons
26. barbecue
27. baseball
28. basketball
29. take a warm bath
30. beach volleyball
31. beekeeping
32. beer making
33. billiards
34. birding
35. feed the birds
36. balloon sculpting
37. blow up balloons
38. bingo
39. board games (if you can find the missing pieces)
40. go to a boardwalk
41. bodyweight strength training
42. bocci
43. visit a botanical garden
44. bowling
45. boxing (with someone who wants to do it with you)
46. solve a brain puzzle, e.g. Rubik’s cube
47. breakdance
48. brush your teeth
49. blow bubbles
50. butterfly watching (but don’t hurt them)
51. caddy
52. call up a friend
53. calligraphy
54. build a campfire (adult supervision please)
55. camping
56. candle making
57. canoe
58. washing the car
59. card playing (bridge, solitaire, or any other games)
60. do card tricks
61. go to a carnival
62. capoeira
63. play capture the flag
64. carpentry (there’s always something that needs to be fixed)
65. go to a car show
66. carving
67. ceramics
68. chalk a picture on your sidewalk
69. challenge yourself (it worked for me)
70. cheerleading
71. go to a circus (preferably one without animals)
72. take a class
73. clay sculpture
74. clean at home
75. clean up trash at a local park
76. identify clouds
77. brew some coffee
78. coin collecting (admittedly, not as popular as in the past)
79. make a collage
80. visit college campuses (where do you want to go someday?)
81. coloring (books for adults even)
82. collecting comic books
83. compose music
84. compost
85. build your own computer
86. cook
87. walk in a corn maze
88. color with crayons
89. crochet
90. cross-training
91. do a crossword puzzle
92. decorating (your room or home)
93. declutter (your room or home)
94. cricket
95. croquette
96. cross country skiing
97. do a crossword puzzle
98. modern dance
99. partner dancing
100. darts (grownups only)
101. take dance lessons
102. deliver newspapers or pizza
103. go on a diet
104. visit a dinosaur exhibit
105. platform diving
106. dodgeball
107. dolls/action figures
108. dominoes
109 drawing
110 play dress-up
111 go driving
112 take driving lessons
113 play the drums
114. go out to eat
115. embroidery
116. exercise (there are so many ways)
117. do an experiment (future scientist, anyone?)
118. face painting
119. get a facial
120. do someone a favor
121. go on a ferry boat
122. mend a fence (literally or metaphorically)
123. fencing
124. play fetch with your dog
125. FIMO creation
126. learn First Aid
127. go to a flea market
128. floral design
129. floss
130. get a flu shot
131. foam rolling
132. food shopping (someone’s got to do it)
133. play foosball
134. football
135. learn a foreign language
136. foraging
137. Researching and part taking in Functional Medicine
138. Frisbee
139. assemble furniture
140. have a garage sale
141. visit a garage sale
142. take out the garbage
143. gardening
144. gargle (with warm salt water in the winter)
145. geocaching
146. go on a geology walk
147. golf
148. play the guitar
149. gymnastics (a whole world unto itself)
150. get your hair braided
151. get a haircut
152. go kart
153. relax in a hammock
154. handball
155. put on some hand cream
156. hang gliding
157. hanging out with friends
158. harvesting (all of that good food you’re growing in your garden)
159. visit haunted houses (if you believe that there is such a thing)
160. go on a hayride
161. henna
162. play hide and go seek
163. hike
164. visit a historic site
165. hop scotch
166. horseback riding
167. horse shoes
168. hula hoop
169. hum
170. hurling
171. stay hydrated
172. ice cream
173. ice hockey
174. ice skating
175. look for images in the clouds
176. inline skating
177. jai alai
178. jet skiing
179. jewelry making
180. jigsaw puzzle
181. jog
182. tell some jokes (know your audience)
183. journaling
184. judo
185. juggling
186. jump rope
187. participate in the junior air patrol
188. Karaoke
189. karate
190. kayaking
191. kickball
192. fly a kite
193. knit
194. lacrosse
195. learn a new language
196. laundry (see food shopping)
197. lawn mowing
198. attend a lecture
199. build with Legos
200. lemonade stand
201. take a lesson (to get better at something)
202. write a letter (use paper)
203. get a library card
204. be a life guard
205. luge
206. sing a lullaby
207. write lyrics for songs
208. macramé
209. do magic tricks
210. get a manipedi
211. go to a maple tree tapping (to make maple syrup)
212. look at maps (find our where you are)
213. roast marshmallows (not too many, they’re all sugar)
214. make a list of 400 healthy activities one can do to boost their mind-body health
215. massages get one or give one (hey, it’s a different experience)
216. meditate
217. use a metal detector (on the beach)
218. miniature golf
219. build model cars
220. modeling
221. mogul skiing
222. motorcycling
223. mountain biking
224. mountain climbing
225. mow the lawn (make a parent happy)
2126. play a musical instrument for the school band
227. go to a movie
228. visit a museum
229. learn about the native Americans in your area
230. visit a nature center
231. needlepoint
232. use a neti pot
233. nursing home visit
234. orienteering
235. origami
236. paddleboarding
237. paint ball
238. painting (as in art or walls)
239. paddleball
240. pan for gold
241. write to a pen pal
242. make something with paper Mache
243. parasailing
244. pet care
245. pet sit for a friend
246. pet your pet
247. photography
248. picnic
249. Pilates
250. pinball
251. ping pong (or table tennis if you’re in the Olympics)
252. plant identification (avoid the poison ivy)
253. see a play
254. listen to a podcast
255. perform poetry
256. write poetry
257. pogo stick (if you can find one)
258. polo
259. send a postcard (how retro is that?)
260. pottery making
261. pumpkin carving
262. pumpkin picking
263. puppeteering
264. quilt
265. race walking
266. rafting
267. rake leaves
268. stand in the rain (summer preferred)
269. rap
270. rappelling
271. racquetball
272. read
273. learn to read music
274. go to a reenactment (learn a little local history)
275. take out the recyclables
276. relax (how about in a hammock?)
277. go to a renaissance fair
278. ring toss
279. rock climbing
280. rock or crystal collecting
281. rowing
282. rug hooking
283. run
284. run through a water sprinkler
285. sail a boat
286. salute our flag
287. build a sand castle
288. make a sandwich
289. tell scary stories (preferably around a campfire)
290. participate in a science fair
291. scooter
292. play Scrabble
293. scrapbooking
294. scuba dive
295. sculling
296. collect sea shells
297. sew
298. participate in Scouts
299. take a shower
300. build a ship in a bottle
301. shopping
302. shovel snow (yours and/or that of an elderly neighbor)
303. play Simon Says (increase your self-control)
304. skate boarding
305. sketching
306. skip
307. go on a slide
308. smell the roses
309. sow some plant seeds
310. skateboarding
311. sketching
312. (downhill) skiing
313. sky diving
314. slalom
315. sledding
316. sleep over at a friend’s house
317. snorkel
318. snowball fight
319. snowboarding
320. build a snowman
321. snowmobiling
322. blow soap bubbles
323. soap box derby
324. soccer
325. attend a social skills group
326. softball
327. participate in a spelling bee
328. spelunking
329. go to a spiritual/religious place
330. attend a sporting event
331. squash
332. squeeze ball
333. create something in stained glass
334. stamp collecting (admittedly, not as popular as in the past)
335. star gazing (astronomy)
336. go to a state fair
337. street hockey
338. stretch
339. stitchery
340. do a Sudoku
341. sunbathing
342. surf
343. swim
344. swing into a lake
345. swing on a swing
346. tobogganing
347. tae kwon do
348. play tag
349. tai chi
350. steep some tea
351. teach (share your knowledge)
352. tennis
353. tetherball
354. tie dying
355. maintain a terrarium
356. thank a veteran
357. exchange tickles
358. collect trading cards
359. trail maintenance (thank you to those who do this)
360. trail running
361. take a train ride
362. maintain a train set
363. trampoline
364. build a tree house
365. river tubing
366. tug of war
367. listen to the thunder
368. tutor
369. make your own video
370. go to a video arcade (at least you’re out of the house)
371. play the violin (or any other stringed instrument)
372. visit a relative
373. volleyball
374. volunteering (a whole world of opportunities)
375. walk the dog
376. walking
377. water aerobics
378. use a Waterpik (take good care of those teeth)
379. visit a water park
380. water your houseplants
381. water polo
382. water skiing
383. weaving
384. weed the weeds (bend over and pull them out, no weed killer please)
385. weightlifting
386. white water rafting
387. whittling
388. window shopping (combines walking and not buying things)
389. windsurfing
390. wine making
391. wine tasting
392. woodworking
393. doing a word scramble
394. wrap a present
395. wrestling (with someone who wants to do it with you)
396. yoga
397. yo-yo
398. yodel
399. ziplining
400. visit a zoo
Well, there’s the list of the 400 activities I can think of to help one achieve better mind-body health. I hope I haven’t left out anyone’s favorite.
If you’d like to add your to the list, or speak to someone about adding any of these 400 activities healthy activities to your life – call Specialized Therapy Associates at 201-488-6678.
