Daily Idea #65: Face Your Fears

Forget that we are going on almost 4 months of social distancing, it’s been a trying few days and we are all feeling various different emotions. My own personal range of emotions has been sadness, anxiety, anger, (some joy in watching my kids just be kids), and fear.

To quell some of these, today I am writing down with my children all the things that have made us angry, or anxious, or fearful and getting rid of them.

ACTIVITY:

Make a list of all the things that have altered our emotions negatively over the last few days, weeks, or months. Spend sometime discussing why these emotions come up. When you are finished, let your children rip them up. Take the paper and rip it to smithereens. Make confetti out of your fears and anxieties.

Then look back at the previous 2 days’ of activities to remember what brings joy and when those negative emotions start to take over, remind yourself of how to control them and not let them control you.