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Same, I try to do like 10 mins of meditation a day. Helps me organize and build motivation for everything I’d like to do later in the day.
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This is awesome. I’ve been off the ball for a week or so since I got my booster (it really took it out of me) so you guys are inspiring me by reminding me how even if I can’t lift or walk (just being cautious because it is cold and humid recently) I can still get in a good headspace.
Exercise, Duolingo, drawing, putting pants on in the morning even though I don’t need to go anywhere. Really anything that keeps from from slumping in a chair with YouTube in the background like white noise while I space out.
eating. I’m not the best at it but I might be getting better
Very important to eat a piece of fruit the moment I feel like life is worthless
To me a lot of the tasks considered not “noble”, sometimes referred to as “reproductive work” (ie. work that enables that a body can regenerate its capacity to work),that traditionally has been devoted to women and for which they are not remunerated:
- cleaning up my mess
- taking care of plants
- preparing food (including long-term projects such as ferments, cooking for friends, etc)
- doing the laundry (to a lesser extent…)
- other “chores” like fixing things around
are all things that in a given day will contribute balancing out the grim screentime and other activities damaging my body and mental health…
Also (and again only talking for myself, for the strict standpoint of my own experience):
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having every day one simple “achievement”: crossing out one of the many tasks that are pending for too long, sometimes the simples bit have the maximum effect as they free mindspace on the “global mental todo list”
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usually the things that make me feel better would be considered not “productive” by the people who may hire you and/or who ru(i)n the world. they have in common to involve: contact with other people, senses and the sensory system in general (olfactive, tactile, acoustic etc.), contact and interaction with living things (plants, quality ingredients for cooking, etc.), and most fo them are fundamentally analog and offline…
sometimes it can be as simple, during intense periods of stress or so, as to just pump the music up, get up and dance for 5-10-15min, like nobody’s watching ;)
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Taking a bike ride
What about it makes you feel better? I’m just trying to prompt conversation around the role of physical activity in mental health.
I ride mostly off-street, so it’s low stress, time to zone out, let my mind do what it needs to. I can adapt the route to how much of a challenge I’m up to - it can be a quick 7 miles just to get my heart going a bit, up to 20 with some jumps and gravel grinding if I want that wrung-out feeling after a workout.
Talk about my feelings with people. Sounds basic but just telling what’s on your mind, however dumb it is, can be refreshing. Especially when you get feedback by the person you are talking to. Sometimes a person offering comforting words, feedback or even mental/physical/financial support is great.
Could be anyone. A partner, friend, stranger, family, online comrades etc.
Yoga/ stretching in general. Gives me a foundational feel for how I’m doing, I think. I feel like having an awareness of my physical being helps me regulate my emotions better.
agreed. essential part of a day that goes well/better to me too :)
Doing the best I can for my mind and body on a regular basis makes me feel better because I’m improving by staying consistent with a good healthy routine. I think that consistency is very important for everything we want to be better at. It can be easy to know the right thing to do but the difficulty is in carrying out the action. If that can be done consistently well then life will be objectively better. Everyone knows they need to sleep well, exercise, have a healthy diet, etc but I think being consistent with what is necessary is the key. I leave room for good fun as well, in proper moderation of course.
I’ve started brewing coffee by hand. Started out buying drip bags from my local flea market every weekend and making a coffee while waiting for my daily RAT results, but that’s turned into weekly small talk with the vendor about how to get the best results from a drip filter, different bean variants, temperatures and measures.
It’s become a ritual that steadies my caffeine intake, gives me a little motivation to wake up on time, and starting the day with a small task (brewing) and small reward (coffee) just ripples through the work day.
I sing to myself sometimes.
