How to Have a Good Day As a Teen

Last Updated: December 1, 2021

A great day can sharpen your mind, keep you healthy, and improve the quality of your whole week. If you're a teenager and you want to start having better days, we can help you with that. In this article, we'll show you how to start your day with a solid morning routine and create a daily schedule so you can enjoy each and every day to its fullest.

Steps

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Get up early, and stretch yourself out. Around eight AM should do it.This will help your muscles get used to moving after sleep. If you didn't get your eight to eleven hours of sleep last night, save the great day for tomorrow. You will need energy.
2
Eat a healthy, nutritious, and energy boosting breakfast. Stay away from sugary cereals and caffeine, (no Fruit Loops or Mountain Dew) as they will give you a boost and then make you feel groggy later. Eat oatmeal with fruit, or bacon strips and pancakes.

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3
Do something fun until late morning/before midday. Read a book, play a board game, or just practice your violin until around ten o'clock AM. Do something that you enjoy, and it will get you in a good mood for the rest of the day.
4
Bake cookies, lemon bars, or make pudding. You will need it later in the day. Be sure to follow the recipe instructions or you could end up with one tough cookie, or worse. But have fun with it.
5
Invite a friend, cousin, or sibling to go to the park with you. Bring a picnic basket full of yummy food, and whatever you made earlier. Play on the swings, slide down the slides, and play some tag or hide 'n seek.
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Have a picnic in the park with your friend, cousin, or whoever you brought to the park with you. Lay a soft blanket on the grass and enjoy the experience. Great snacks include sandwiches, apples, pears, cookies, and baked potato/corn chips. Be sure to bring juice boxes and water bottles.
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Play again in the park with your friend. Have fun, play tag, and swing on the swings. You should have lots of energy from the healthy lunch you ate earlier. Be careful though, you don't want to get hurt on the playground. If you get tired, just sit on a park bench and watch the pretty ducks, squirrels, etc.
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Change into your swimming suit and take a dip in the neighborhood pool with your friends and siblings. Make it a party. Swim to your hearts desire, you can even race your friends. Jump into the deep end if you can swim, and have a contest to see who can make the best splash.
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Head home and do something quiet and very fun, like study for school, tidy up your room, organize your dresser, and even practice your musical instrument. If this isn't your style, make something with clay, or just dance around to your favorite music. Sing like nobody is listening, dance like nobody is watching. Just have fun.
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Eat a tasty dinner with your parents, siblings, and pets. Ask your mom if you can invite a few friends over for dinner.
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Turn in early. Go to bed around seven thirty, eight, or at the latest, nine o' clock. Listen to some relaxing music and move on to dreamland. Maybe next weekend you can have another great day.

Expert Q&A

Question

Do you have any tips on how to avoid negative thoughts that get in the way of daily activities?

Jennifer Butler, MSW
Love & Empowerment Coach
Jennifer Butler is a Love & Transformation Coach and the Owner of JennJoyCoaching, a life coaching business based in Miami, Florida, although Jennifer works with clients all over the world. Jennifer’s work centers around empowering women who are navigating any stage of the divorce or breakup process. She has over four years of life coaching experience. She is also the co-host of the Deep Chats Podcast along with Leah Morris and the host of season 2 “Divorce and Other Things You Can Handle” by Worthy. Her work has been featured in ESME, DivorceForce, and Divorced Girl Smiling. She received her Masters of Social Work (MSW) from New York University. She is also a Certified Health Coach, a Communications & Life Mastery Specialist, and a Certified Conscious Uncoupling and Calling in “the One” coach.

Jennifer Butler, MSW

Love & Empowerment Coach

Expert Answer

First and foremost, start listening to them. Bring them to your awareness. You can even write them down and just start noticing the pattern. What's the theme? Then flip the script. Let's say that you think you're a failure, and you never do anything right. Flip the script and start writing down every success you've had. Start listing everything you've ever accomplished, from you learned how to walk all the way to you got your first job, or you graduated high school or you learned how to drive.

Warnings

Make sure to do your homework or chores before you go and have fun. Not only will it make you worry about it when having fun, but not doing your homework/chores could lower your grades/anger your parents. Be responsible!

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