How to keep your mind always uplifted and enthusiastic?

Our mind is a very tricky thing to handle. The mind is very much like the moon (In astrology, the mind is depicted as the moon). it changes every day and moves all the time. It doesn’t like to be in the same place and do the same things. This is the reason why nomads are the happiest people in the world. That calls for the reason, why we need to redirect some of our energies towards the way it like, to keep the mind always uplifted and happy. We all go through the same routine and visit same place day in and day out, the mind gets easily depressed because of the repeated things and places in life. We cannot follow a full-blown nomad lifestyle, but few things can be changed to make it possible. The mind needs change every once in a while to be happy. The following are the things that I follow to keep my mind enthusiastic and uplifted all the time. 

Break the Routine (A Chalupa by Pedro licensed under CC BY 2.0)

Disrupt the daily routine

Break the chains of the daily routine. What really makes you different from a prisoner doing the same thing every day? Break free from the chains of repeated routines. Take up some new things to do, read and see new things. It doesn’t have to be big changes to your schedules. The little creative breaks can help rejuvenate the mind. I just break away from my normal routine buy talking a walk to some nearby shop to get a juice, or talk to some friend that I had not spoken for a while, doing some push-ups and squats in the middle of the day, taking a small power nap; reading random articles etc. Run your imaginations wild. Create a list of crazy things that can be done in 5-10mins and check them one by one. Be spontaneous; try to do something that your mind really feels great to do right now.

Try one new thing once a week

Chicken Lasagna

Take up something new every week. You can take up a new hobby; find a way to serve others and expecting nothing in return. There is always lot of volunteering work that is always new, constantly evolving, which needs your hands to make a difference in this world. Your hands combined with many others can make a miracle. Talk to a stranger. Find something that you would love to do and do it during your leisure time. You can make a list of longer time consuming things that you can make yourself occupied during the weekends. If you are foodie, you can try new restaurants, new delicacies. You can also experiment and cook new food in your own kitchen, that are famous in certain countries in the world. Few weeks back, I cooked chicken lasagna( would have not been possible without my moms support ). I made a lot of mistakes, but the taste was really good and we had lot of fun making it and eating it.

Take a one-day trip once a month

Taking a one-day trip involves lot of time constraint. So, that it can only be to places nearby  that you can go and return within a day. If there are any continuous holidays, you can extend the places and the time you stay. Go someplace new each month, small mountain treks near you can be lot de-stressing and relieve your mind of all the repeated thought patterns and give temporary new insights and perspectives on your challenges and endeavors.

Take a vacation once a year

This is compulsory, just mark some 5-10 days per year in your calendar. Save money and plan for the trip that you are going to make. Even if the vacation is far ahead in the year, just thinking about it will give you the joy. The most joy you can squeeze out of money is travel. Even after vacation, nothing more brings so much joy to us than thinking about our past vacation. Seeing the photos you had taken in the trip. It is very memorable
sharing with others, it makes others also feel good when you can share your experience with them. It gives you the boost for the entire year ahead and to face all the obstacle life puts our way. Last year, I took a trip across India on a train for 15 day, entirely staying in the train with 500 people from all over India, it is called Jagriti Yatra. It has been a lifetime experience for me. I will share more about it in another post( mostly multiple posts ).

Our mind needs these uplifting and enthusiasm things present to keep us in constant balanced to have a good life. I hope reading this post inspires you to make your life and mind always filled with joy and happiness. Please do share you experience related to this article in the comments section below.