What are your top three reliable ways to lift your mood when you're flat?

A natural way to answer

Top of the list is moving my body, even just stretching helps. Second would be getting outside for some fresh air and daylight. And third is doing one small useful task, because ticking something off gives me a little lift and stops me wallowing.

Key phrases to use

• shake off — to get rid of an unwanted feeling or state“I went for a run to shake off the bad mood.”
• snap me out of — to quickly bring someone out of a bad mood or daze“A good chat can snap me out of a slump.”
• wallowing — letting yourself stay in sadness or self-pity for too long“I gave myself an hour to be sad, then stopped wallowing.”
• blow away the cobwebs — to refresh yourself, usually with fresh air or activity, after feeling sluggish“A walk on the beach really blew away the cobwebs.”
• pulls me out of a funk — to bring you out of a low, gloomy mood“Good music always pulls me out of a funk.”