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Ways To Help Yourself

Each month E-remedies brings you 10 more ways to help yourself. Some repeat, some are new, some are things you know. But they all help in some way. Here are chronicled all the ones we've sent you, and more:

* learn something new. Whether it's a new hobby, a new language, anything, just learn.

* forgive. Find all those grudges you hold and try to come to peace with them.

* vow never to be in debt or lend. Just give, don't lend.

* laugh out loud. Do it until your stomach hurts.

* sing in the shower. Don't worry about people hearing you, even if you're off key.

* fight an injustice. Pick something you believe in and do something to help that cause.

* help someone. Find someone who needs your help and give them a hand.

* open the door for someone. Doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman or what the other person is, either.

* change your pillowcases. Clean, dust-free sheets and pillows are a must for a healthy lifestyle.

* Do something you fear. Is it public speaking? Going on a rollercoaster? Standing at the top of a building and looking down? Whatever it is, confront it.

* appreciate your life. There are so many things in it to be happy for.

* find your natural beauty. Everyone has it, in their laughing eyes, pretty smile, kindness. What's your most beautiful part?

* solve a problem. Got something in your life that needs fixing? Try fixing it yourself, by finding out the right way.

* get off processed food for a week. Try out all the different fruits and veggies you can.

* exercise not for your figure or your weight or even your health, but to be happy.

* record your dreams. What do they mean to you?

* stop comparing yourself to others. No matter who it is or how great. Be what YOU want to be.

* believe in yourself. Take a decision based on your own inner will.

* do something many others don't - the road less traveled.

* become an expert at something. Find your own expertise in something you enjoy!

* travel the road less taken. Do something you wouldn't normally do!

* daydream. Just sit around and wander off into the land of stars and rainbows.

* look people in the eye. When you're talking or when they are, practice looking people in the eye.

* declare your opinions proudly. State them almost as fact. Don't cringe when someone refutes you.

* resolve never to ask "do I look fat?"

* do you know what time you were born? When was it exactly? How did it happen? What was going on that day in the world?

* find out your blood type. Now go donate blood.

* memorize your social security number if you haven't already. Then memorize your driver's license number.

* believe in guardian angels. Talk to yours. How did he or she help you this month?

* train to run a fast mile. Can you run a mile now? Try it!

* Take photos. Remember the little moments, and put them in black and white as well.

* Laugh. LOUDLY! Roll on your tummy and on the floor and laugh some more.

* Find out your family tree. Make one. Ask around and get it.

* Learn about a religion different from your own. Learn something you know for sure is true about every major religion.

* Recycle everything you can.

* Tell someone you trust your deepest, darkest secret.

* Stop being mad at the people on the road. Resolve never to curse them.

* Have an imaginary $100,000 and pick some stocks. How did you do at the end of the month?

* Memorize that September 22, 1862 is the day the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

* Watch a foreign film in a language you don't understand.

* Know a new date: August 26, 1920 was when women first got the right to vote in America. That's one of the latest dates of women's voting in the world!

* Stop apologizing for stuff you're not responsible for. Don't say sorry when it's not your fault or you can't control it.

* Watch a foreign movie, but without the subtitles.

* Go rock climbing.

* Read some stories by O. Henry.

* Kiss an animal.

* Listen to your body. What is it telling you? Are you sick? Hungry? Sleepy? Unhappy? Know it.

* Realize that you are never alone. Never believe you are.

* Learn to recognize a few constellations. Look up at the sky!

* Get a pen pal and write to him or her. It should be a real letter!

* A new date to remember: July 2, 1964 was when Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act

* Get off the phone. Find something to do instead of talking on the phone (NOT tv) - or meet in person!

* Learn to tell a joke in a foreign language. And understand it.

* Pack a first-aid and emergency disaster kit with everything you need to survive two days without power or water.

* Know the names of your Congressional representatives in your district and state.

* Watch something on educational tv for everytime you watch something that's not.

* Find another culture and learn something about it.

* Find a new use for an old t-shirt.

* Learn how to treat a snakebite.

* Write down your plans for the future.