Boost your mental health
3. Sleep well
Agree that staying all night, binge watching your favorite nextflix series is tempting – a short reward for a tiring day right? But is a punishment on yourself the following day. The heavy feeling the next day, the feeling that you want to be glued on your bed. Is that how you want your usual day to be? Did you know that not getting enough amount of sleep reduces your ability to concentrate? Would you agree? Do you feel the same dilemma? Now is the time to adopt to healthy sleep habits. You might want to follow these recommendations given by The National Sleep foundation in achieving sound sleep at night. (1) Stick to the same sleep schedule of the same bedtime and wake up time and (2) Sleeping on a comfortable mattress and pillow. Getting a good night’s sleep will not only make you feel better the next day, but it also beneficial for you in avoiding variety of health problems.
4 . Eat well
Eating well means eating a healthy and balanced diet. Caring for your well-being is a long term commitment – you yourself will solely benefit from it. Your brain, being one of the busiest organs in your body needs the right kind of fuel in order to keep it functioning properly. Make it a habit to food rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants as it helps improve your mood and promotes cognitive function.
5. Put it on paper
You can never go wrong with journaling. This may sound outdated because of the birth of modern technologies. But seriously, put it on paper. Write down your thoughts, your plans, and your goals – document everything. There is no right or wrong way in journaling – you can be creative in expressing your thoughts, or just plain simple – all up to you. From the study conducted by Psychology Today published early 2020 it was then found out that and is proven that journaling plays great role in improving you well-being – not only minds benefit from it but your physical health too. In some counseling practices, they incorporated journaling as part of therapy. And the result? Clients have experienced reduction in anxiety and depression.
6. Do some relaxing
Staying indoors during this most uncertain time opens up to you exploring what more you can do to make staying out home more fun. Do not dwell too much on the negative side of any situation, instead why don’t you try some self-soothing techniques such as meditation or yoga. This may serve as a wonderful complementary practice to therapy. It is good that you have something to look forward to every week. According to Dr. Nevins from American Osteophatic Association, Incorporating yoga to meditation and breathing helps improves one’s mental well-being – because it creates mental clarity and calmness, increases body awareness; relieves chronic stress patterns, relaxes minds and sharpens concentration.
7. Social Media Detox
In such a modern time such as this – staying away from phone is quite a challenge. But social media nowadays is creating more harm than good. That is why it is advisable that you allow yourself to breath from all the unnecessary information the social media have been bombarding you with. Create boundaries on putting away your phone on a certain time each day or better allocate a phone free day every once in a while. Focus on what is right in front of you – Do not indulge yourself too much from what you see online. Give your brain a break from being constantly stimulated by different information and images – this somehow affects and overwhelm your thought process.
8. Set new goals
Do something that will keep and push you from doing. The feeling of being accomplished towards something is incomparable. Big or small set new goals. Just make sure they are realistic and attainable. The point here is for you to have something to look forward to, something that challenged you and push you to step out of your comfort zone. Do not dwell too much on the things that you think is dragging you down. Stay present. Do not overwhelm yourself on what might be happening next. Seize every moment. The reason why rainbow appears every after storm is a gentle reminder that in life also comes different weather – but here comes rainbow to remind you that there is hope and better things are yet to come.