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Enjoying Time with Animals
For anyone who feels lighter around pets, birds or wildlife. Each day is one small way to notice, care for or simply spend time with animals, from watching birds at a feeder to a slow walk with a dog.
Wellbeing · Self-Care · Mindfulness · one to-do a day · you choose how many days
The first seven days
- Day 1Sit by a window for five minutes and count how many different birds you see.
- Day 2Spend ten unhurried minutes brushing your dog or cat, working slowly from the neck toward the tail.
- Day 3Take your dog on a slow sniff walk today and let them choose where to linger for as long as they like.
- Day 4Rinse and refill your pet's water bowl with fresh, cool water, and notice them come over for a drink.
- Day 5Step outside at dawn, stand still for three minutes, and listen for the first birds to start singing.
- Day 6Watch a squirrel from a park bench for a few minutes and notice how it decides where to go next.
- Day 7Look up one fact about a bird you often see near your home and share it with someone.
Further into the year
The to-dos keep changing as the year goes on. A few from later in this theme:
- Day 30Sit on a balcony, stoop or step for ten minutes and note every animal sound you hear, from barks to birds.
- Day 60Walk along a trail slowly for fifteen minutes and listen for rustling in the leaves, then look to see what made it.
- Day 120Take a slow lap around a city park and look for animals people tend to overlook, like snails or beetles.
- Day 240Hang a suet cake in a clean cage feeder during cold months and watch for woodpeckers and nuthatches.
- Day 365Pick one animal habit from this challenge you want to keep, like a morning window watch, and plan when.
How a challenge works
A Theraglee challenge is a theme with one small to-do for every day of a year. You choose how long yours runs, anywhere from a week to the full year, and each day you get the next to-do: something that takes a few minutes and fits inside an ordinary day. Tick it off when it is done. Nothing is scored and nothing is lost if you miss a day; the next to-do is simply waiting when you come back.
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