1. Volunteer
2. Take a class in something you're interested in
3. Learn a foreign language
4. Read a book on the best seller chart
5. Take up a sport (with friends is best) like Bowling or Golf
6. Call old friends and family members
7. Play some video games
8. Watch some movies
9. Join a gym
10. Learn how to speed read (good software is rocket reader)
11. Learn how to cook
12. Get a library card
13. Start a new savings account and make a bet with yourself on how much you can save
14. Take on a new project at work
15. Update your resume
16. Buy some new clothes
17. Buy that CD you've always wanted
18. Change the layout of your furniture
19. Go for walks
20. Answer questions on this website
21. make some plans for YOU for the near future
22. book a holiday, everyone needs something to look farward to
23. get closer to friends who have been on the 'fringe'
24. go swimming
25. make a myspace site and fill it with photos of time before/after the ex. pump yourself up on the site, 'self love'
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26.) Make a list of all the bad things about the relationship when you are reflecting on the breakup. All too often, for the one left behind, he or she focuses too much on the good things.
27.) Write a letter to your ex but DON'T SEND IT>>Purely for your own healing.
28.) (Related to #21.) Set short term goals (run a marathon, or a mile if you've never run before, finish that book, save up six months' rent, get a 3.8 or higher GPA this semester, an A on the next exam, etc.) and concentrate your energy on achieving that goal.
It will not only distract you but you will feel sooo great and such a sense of accomplishment when you achieve it.
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