How will you celebrate Leap Day 2016?
This year we get an extra day on the calendar. An entire day. How will you celebrate Leap Day? We have a few – 29, actually – ideas for you. Random acts of kindness, business and professional growth, and more. Choose one, or see how many you can get to in your bonus 24 hours!
- Tune in to a webinar or sign up for a class – take an hour or two to learn something new.
- Compliment a stranger. Or two.
- Indulge in your favorite dessert. Before dinner.
- Take a new route to work – It helps keep your mind sharp, and you get to enjoy new scenery.
- Give yourself some space – organize and declutter a closet, room, or your office.
- Take your staff out to lunch – hey, it only happens once every four years!
- Send a thank you note to someone who helped get you to where you are today – a teacher, mentor, former employer.
- Take a photo of something (or someone) that makes you happy. Have it printed and display it where you’ll see it every day.
- Take a walk, and look for things that make you smile.
- Contact 29 prospects you’ve been meaning to reach out to.
- Help clean up our planet – pick up trash you see and dispose of (or recycle!) it properly
- Thank or compliment someone publicly on social media.
- Learn a new joke.
- Say “Thank You” at least 29 times today. And mean it.
- Turn off all the phone, computer, and television for a couple of hours. Spend the time talking to someone you care about.
- Gather up the clothing you don’t wear anymore and donate it.
- Write happy thoughts and encouragements on sticky notes and leave them for others to find.
- Start a gratitude journal. Beginning today, write down five things each day that you are thankful for.
- Sign up for a social media management tool like Hootsuite.The time you save may add up to another bonus day!
- Get your taxes in order early.
- Try a new recipe for dinner. Or, if you don’t cook, a try a new restaurant.
- Visit someone who is in the hospital or nursing home.
- Make a list of the 29 most influential people in your life. Tell them what you appreciate about them.
- Donate new stuffed toys to a local police department or children’s hospital for kids who need comfort.
- Start that book you’ve been meaning to read.
- Crank up the music and sing along at the top of your lungs.
- Visit a museum – soak in art or history.
- Write down your favorite childhood memories. Share them with the people in them.
- Plan an adventure for Leap Day 2020!
