Emotional Support Activities Week 29
GIG of the Day
Greetings
Use the Conversation Starter of the Day to ignite a positive discussion.
Monday
Describe your favorite sandwich.
Tuesday
Describe a sound that irritates you.
Wednesday
What is your favorite music genre?
Thursday
If you were in a foreign country, would you eat something that you weren’t sure what it was?
Friday
What’s your favorite nature sound?
Saturday
If someone tells you gossip, can you keep it a secret?
Sunday
Did you listen to radio shows growing up? If so, which was your favorite?
Inspiration
Discuss the Inspiration Moment of the Day to inspire feelings of positivity.
Monday
“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” – Victor Hugo
Tuesday
“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.” – Franz Kafka
Wednesday
“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” – Richard L. Evans
Thursday
“The definition of a perfectionist: someone who wants to go from point A to point A+.” – David Bez
Friday
“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” – Paul Valery
Saturday
“An exercise for people who are out of shape: Begin with a five-pound potato bag in each hand. Extend your arms straight out from your sides, hold them there for a full minute, and then relax. After a few weeks, move up to ten-pound potato bags. Then try 50-pound potato bags, and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-pound potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag.” – Beverly Gross
Sunday
“Did you hear about the racing snail who got rid of his shell? A: He thought it would make him faster, but it just made him sluggish.’ – Readers Digest
Gratitude
Begin each day by reciting the Daily Statement of Thankfulness or offer your own out loud or silently. Next, follow the daily prompt.
Daily Statement of Thankfulness
I am thankful for all the good I have experienced over the course of my life and for the good I helped others experience.
I am thankful for the growth and strength my challenges afforded me and for the times I was able to help others through their challenges.
I am thankful to have loved others and to have been loved by others.
I am thankful for the lessons I learned and for those I helped to teach.
I am thankful for the efforts I made and the work I did and for the efforts that were made and for the work others did on my behalf.
I am thankful for the laughter I have enjoyed and for the times I was able to make others smile.
I am thankful I have had so many people, things, and experiences in my life to be grateful for.
Monday
Say out loud what you are grateful for at this moment.
Tuesday
Draw something you have been grateful for in your lifetime.
Wednesday
Visualize someone you are or were grateful for.
Thursday
Write down anything in the world that you are grateful for.
Friday
Think about something others were grateful to you for during your lifetime. For example: Did you teach someone to fish or bake their favorite cookie? Did you hold the door for strangers? Did you teach Sunday School or give a friend a ride to work?
Saturday
Think of someone you would like to thank if you could for something they did. Examples: the military for keeping us safe or your first-grade teacher or the cruise ship captain who kept you safe as you vacationed.
Sunday
Name one thing in each category that you are or have been thankful for:
- Something in your environment (This could be your personal or the world environment)
- An inexpensive object
- A technology item or invention