A Mindful Summer Bucket List

A summer bucket list filled with mindfulness activities to expand your awareness and take advantage of every drop of summer.

Mindful Summer Bucket List

1. Read an inspiring book

2. Try Mindful Eating. Eat an entire meal in silence — pay attention to the act of eating and to the taste of the food

3. Go for a mindful walk

4. Get a mindfulness coloring book and spend an afternoon coloring

5. Watch Inside Out

6. Start a gratitude journal

7. Try a guided meditation

8. Take a 24-hour technology detox — no phone, Internet, TV, etc.

9. Declare a day of kindness and volunteer, engage in random acts of kindness, drop food off at a local shelter, smile at people you see, and make people’s days

10. Teach a mindfulness practice to your family or a friend

11. Forgive someone for something (maybe yourself?)

12. Watch the clouds float by

13. Try these breathing exercises that my son learned in kindergarten

14. Change up a daily activity — brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand, drive a different route to work, sit in a different at your table….

15. Put on some music and dance — just move however your body wants to move

16. Practice lovingkindness

17. Take a class — art, painting, drumming, dance, tai chi

18. Make a list of the things you love about yourself

19. Declutter an area in your house that’s driving you crazy

20. Make a mind jar

21. Watch a sunrise

22. Make a list of the top 10 things that help YOU reduce stress — and post it somewhere you will see it every day

23. Create a mindful space or a calm-down space in your home

24. Try a yoga class or yoga from home

25. Meditate outside

26. Do a social media clean out, getting rid of any apps or unfollowing any accounts that don't make your feel good.

27. Add a “good news only” outlet to your social media feed (like HuffPost Good News)

28. Practice mindful conversation with someone

29. Try weaving

30. Star gaze

31. Try a new food or cuisine

32. Take care of a plant

33. Write down three goals or desires for the year ahead and the steps to get there

34. Take one step towards your dream or a big goal

35. Make one new friend

36. Try a mindfulness worksheet each week here, here, or here

Adapted from https://leftbrainbuddha.com/mindful-summer-bucket-list/