Make Your Own Happiness Toolkit! Judith （让自己的快乐工具箱!）.pdf

Group Activities For Psycho-Social Education TIP # 17 Make Your Own Happiness Toolkit! The following are some ideas for making up your own Toolkit! They even make great birthday presents if you create your own kit and include a sampler sheet like this below explaining the symbolism of some common items. Think of household items that can have metaphorical meaning while also having functionality. With the help of a Happiness Toolkit, you’ll have happiness in the bag! These tools will serve as visual reminders to keep sane in your busy world! Elastic/Rubber Band: Don’t let yourself get stretched too thin – say “no” without feeling guilty and set limits. Also, elastic is like stress – we need some “stretch” to thrive. But don’t stretch too much or you’ll snap! Crayon: Put color into your world – if you see things in black and white you will think in extreme and unhealthy ways. Stress Ball: This is like a stress-resilient personality, as it bounces back, floats, rolls with the punches, is soft, flexible and maintains its shape no matter what. Kaleidoscope: It always changes, transforms and is never stagnant. It offers the beauty of putting color into your world in all sorts of different ways. Toy Fire Fighter: In your relationships, don’t be the one to start fires, be the one to put them out! No matter how many fires someone else starts, you CAN stop it! Pencil: Write your own destiny and write yourself a happy ending. It’s up to you how your story turns out. Eraser: It’s okay to make mistakes – that’s why we have erasers. You don’t have to be perfect! Strive to be human, not perfect. Needing to be “right” is actually “wrong!” Bubbles: You do not have to be a child to appreciate the import