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66 things to do + not do while rage-PMSing

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Aug 29, 2025
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Do:

  • scald yourself in the shower for 35 minutes

  • cancel plans that you didn’t want to do anyway

  • LED-red-light-therapy-mask yourself out of a breakdown

  • yell via road rage until he rolls up his window (I’m dying laughing)

  • cry on the phone to your sweet significant other

  • hair mask for longer than it says to

  • water your plants

  • down an iced 2% latte

  • sit naked in bed - towel or no

  • bathe in the sun for 12 minutes with your eyes closed

  • put your phone in another room god dammit

  • walk a really slow 2 miles

  • eat sweet potato

  • dream of something

  • drench yourself in body oil

  • be so Type A

  • buy a gift for your next friend’s birthday

  • nap 27 minutes to two hours

  • shave your legs + anything else just not head nor brows

  • drink a lot of water. straws help

  • double up on prozac (I did have the go-ahead from my Dr)

  • burn palo Santo when your fiancé isn’t around to audibly detest it

  • wear an oversized graphic tee and no bra

  • get your nails done and say yes to the massage

  • surf Pinterest

  • read science fiction

  • floss your teeth

  • buy a piece of jewelry

  • have a mocktail

  • start your Christmas list

  • surf poshmark and/or FB marketplace and/or eBay and/or thredup and/or TRR

  • slow down

  • wash your sheets and pillowcases and throw blankets

  • make time for the honeybee that landed on your car

  • eat protein

  • look at your saved notes and posts

  • write something

  • pay your credit card

  • make a new recipe

  • stalk your favorite YouTuber

  • find the biggest pillow you have and lay on it

  • open all your windows

Don’t:

  • hit a curb after having road rage and completely embarrass yourself

  • try to decide where you’re going to live in 5 years based on 0 information or premonitions

  • check your email every 5 minutes

  • look at Labubu

  • try to wedding plan

  • make any plans, actually

  • scroll tiktok for even one singular second

  • reach out to Xfinity about your high bill

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