Make your day !

Little things of joy in memorable events create lasting impressions in your life. Memories are what that make festivals and holidays so special. Wouldn’t it be great if every day was as special as Christmas and new year? If every day is significant, eventful and has a meaning?

Make your day is an interesting practice for fabulous living.15 years ago my best friend Swathi Durai made up with this awesome exercise on a summer holiday. Although she was a teenager then, it is still relatable in my adulthood and much more relevant. I want to share it with you to spread the sunshine.

 

All you need is a little imagination and a desire to celebrate life. What you need to do is dedicate each day to something. Something that that you love or hate or feel nothing for. It can be a person, a thing, a feeling, a pet. Anything! Then give that day a name and celebrate your made-up festival. Like how we have Mother’s Day, doctor’s day, friendship day, you can create “Reading day”,” lazy day”, “gardening day”, “Pizza day”,” learning day”, “Jokes day”,” Angry”,” blue day”. It doesn’t have to be something meaningful, deep and sophisticated. It can be anything big or small. The idea is to choose something significant each day and make that day all about it. To celebrate the beauty and joy of all things in your life. To make each day interesting and significant. This way you will automatically make each day memorable and special. You will also find yourself coming up with new and creative ways to “make your day”. You will do all that you need to do to prioritize the selected object of celebration that day and do a new activity. This is what is “Make Your Day” all about. Taking pictures can make it fun and writing about your days is great too. The best thing you get out of this simple "Make your day" is a sense of fulfillment which is priceless.

 

Just for you to start with I have listed a few of my ideas to “make your day”. This is just a rough idea. You can come up with new ones on your own. Imagination is limitless. There is no rule.  So, go crazy!

 

Name of the day	Comments
Try-something-you-hate-day	You can pick anything you hate and do. It’s a bonus if you can make a list of good things about the thing you hate.
Gift a stranger day	One of the best ways is to write a letter inside a good book that you have read and leave it in a public place like park or train. You can try other ways too
Spa day	Mani-Pedi, hair care, facial
Thank your colleague day	Write personalised emails thanking and appreciating your team members
Colour day	Dedicate a day to a specific color of your choice and use that color in everything.
Castles in the air day	Make a drawing of your dream house, car or holiday.
Movies day	Watch as many movies as possible in a single day
Learn a new skill day	Join a work shop, webinar or take a course online
Wealth day	Do something finance related
My day	Celebrate yourself. Something like a birthday. Cut a cake. Treat yourself. Write nice things about you. Dress up. Take pictures. Tell your family that it is your day and demand special treatment.
Biryani day or any special food day	Eat Biryani all three times a day. Read about different types of biryani. Learn and cook a new style of biryani. This can be Pizza day, baking day, continental cuisine day, French fries’ day.
My day for another person	You don’t have to wait for a special event. Dedicate one day to a person you love and make it all about them.
Photo shoot day	Get yourself a portfolio photo shoot
Letters day	You can write actual letters with pen and paper and mail it to your loved ones
Social media fasting day	Zero social media interaction
relationship funeral day	Make up a fake funeral for a lost relationship and burn and erase and things that remind you of it.
All-nighter day	Pull an all-nighter and do something super productive.
Juice day	Drink only juice throughout the day