This morning while doing my daily job as usual, I decided to listen to Youtube recommendation on my phone. Using wireless earphone, it is very convenient to do multi-tasking. My eyes focus on computer while my ears focus on listening.
It was only one click from my phone notification. I’m glad to choose these videos because those were quite useful for me, especially for this time. During this pandemic, I felt a bit overwhelmed with the situation and especially it is because my mind always overthinks everything that actually no need to be overthink 🙂
So yeah, I think I need to have positive habits to keep me sane. Here’s the first video some daily habits to prevent depression:
➼ morning routine: express gratitude or meditation, avoid social media when you wake up
➼ see social media in lunch time
➼ have enough night sleep (I’m still struggling to do this, only had 4 to 5 sleeping hours on weekday recently 😥 I know it’s not healthy, but yeah…)
➼ being clean and get dress
➼ take vitamin
➼ exercise (very agree, even though I only started doing exercise these several past months, but it really helps to improve my mental health!)
➼ being outside: get sun or wind~ or open your windows if the condition don’t allow you to be outside in this pandemic situation
➼ evening routine: pray or journaling or just write out your feeling or thoughts (recently just started doing bullet journaling again after many years of only thinking about it…)
➼ self-care
➼ have social interactions, human needs it 🙂 (haha agree on this one, but sometimes the reality is not that easy😂)
Source: Daily Routine To Fight Off Depression – Psych2Go
And here’s the second video about some small yet life-changing things you can do to improve your daily life.
7 Small Changes to Improving Your Life
➼ put your phone on silent & face down
➼ put your alarm opposite of your bed (have been doing this for some time and it works!)
➼ carry a water bottle always (eight cups a day)
➼ allow yourself to say “no” to others
➼ share your ideas or write down your thoughts (yes, journaling can be very helpful)
➼ replace bad thoughts with good ones by acknowledging it first
➼ think before you react (maybe I’m too good at this 😂, since I always think too much before really express myself)
Source: 7 Small Changes That Will Improve Your Life – Psych2Go
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