This is a follow up from my last post in which I spoke about having depression and anxiety. I apologise if the sound quality made it hard to make out what I was saying, as I recorded it upon waking without the intention to post it online. However, I proceed to post it because it was authentic and unedited therefore proved true to the point I was trying to display in my post. This post will be 5 ways to brighten your day, containing tips that I would like to incorporate into my days to make them brighter, things that I think you could find helpful too.
1) Spend time outdoors, this is one thing that lifted my mood today when my little cousins asked if I could take them to the park, so I did take them and it was only an hr but it was so refreshing to be outside in nature and to breathe in the fresh air.
2) Listen to happy music, it's easy to want to listen to sad music when you aren't feeling the best, after all, it may feel more relatable to your mood. However, in the long run doing this with only keep you in a negative mindset. Yesterday when my dissertation was becoming a drag I listened to Girls Generation (the South Korean girl band). Even though I do not speak Korean the sound of the music is very catchy happy pop music and its hard not to smile while listening to it.
3) Find a way to laugh, with the help of comedy films and youtube this shouldn't be hard there are so many funny things, and people in the world who can make you laugh. Once you are laughing you will find it easier to smile again.
4) Avoid negativity, this one sounds hard especially if you are going through a hard time you will probably be thinking how can you ignore something that is currently surrounding yourself. Well try and ignore negativity as much as you can, don't listen to bad news, don't read sad stories, don't watch tragic movies. I made the mistake of indulging in this and it only made me feel worse about life in the long run.
5) Last but not least love yourself, if you are struggling with this read my post called 'How to love yourself unconditionally'. so many people struggle with this, including me, however loving yourself is something that will benefit us greatly because when you do you will feel more positive about yourself and therefore life. You will be more driven to find solutions to problems you have in life because you see yourself as valuable enough to have a good life. In my next posts, I will be sharing practical steps that you can take to increase the love you have for yourself.
By the way, if anyone wants to know why I've stopped using as many pictures on my posts it's because I have realised that I can get sued for using photos of google, I plan to create my own photos in future and take down to old ones eventually. I am quite busy now as I am graduating soon but my aim in the future is to create more photos like the one at the top of this post.
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