according to Dr. Richard O’Connor
- Exercise moderately but regularly
- Eat healthy but delicious meals
- Regularize your sleep cycle
- Practice good personal hygiene
- Get help for painful conditions
- Don’t drink to excess or abuse drugs
- Spend some time every day in play
- Develop recreational outlets that encourage creativity
- Avoid unstructured time
- Make commitments
- Practice mindfulness
- Limit exposure to mass media
- Distance yourself from destructive situations or people
- Cultivate your sense of humor
- Allow yourself to feel pride in your accomplishments
- Listen to compliments and expressions of affection
- Avoid depressed self-absorption
- Build and use a support system
- Pay more attention to small pleasures and sensations
- Challenge yourself
