{"id":23072,"date":"2026-01-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/from-squirrel-picnics-to-penpals-karaoke-to-crochet-43-easy-ways-to-lift-your-spirits\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:00:00","slug":"from-squirrel-picnics-to-penpals-karaoke-to-crochet-43-easy-ways-to-lift-your-spirits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=23072","title":{"rendered":"From squirrel picnics to penpals, karaoke to crochet: 43 easy ways to lift your spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guardian writers and readers share the simple tricks they use to bring a bit of joy into their lives<\/p>\n<p>During the pandemic, my husband found some wood on our street and used it to build a tiny, squirrel-sized picnic table. We attached it to the side of our fence with a handful of peanuts on top. Few sights are guaranteed to lift my day more than watching a \u201cdining in\u201d Nutkin parking its rump on the tiny wooden seat, occasionally glancing towards the house as if he\u2019s waiting for you to bring the drinks. If you don\u2019t have as much time on your hands as my husband did during lockdown, you can buy one on Etsy.<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/jan\/03\/from-squirrel-picnics-to-penpals-karaoke-to-crochet-43-easy-ways-to-lift-your-spirits\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/jan\/03\/from-squirrel-picnics-to-penpals-karaoke-to-crochet-43-easy-ways-to-lift-your-spirits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nRead full article at www.theguardian.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; color:#555;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not replace professional medical advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian writers and readers share the simple tricks they use to bring a bit of joy into their lives During the pandemic, my husband found some wood on our street and used it to build a tiny, squirrel-sized picnic table. We attached it to the side of our fence with a handful of peanuts on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[12796,10790,12795,12797,12794,12793,12798,12792,10762],"class_list":["post-23072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-crochet","tag-easy","tag-karaoke","tag-lift","tag-penpals","tag-picnics","tag-spirits","tag-squirrel","tag-ways"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}