When all you can muster up the energy to do is sit on the couch in a blanket-burrito browsing internet memes, try sitting outside in a blanket-burrito browsing internet memes.
It’s old news to most of us that activity (including things like exercise/movement, gardening, volunteering, and spending time with supportive people and communities) helps improve mood, but the reality is that sometimes the barriers to accessing those things are pretty high. Small, incremental changes, like spending a few minutes tending a plant on your stoop or scowling at pigeons from a park bench, have the potential to create tiny shifts that add up to real change.
For a NYT write up on research on the benefits of being outdoors for 120 minutes a week, visit: How Much Nature Is Enough? 120 Minutes a Week, Doctors Say
