First of all, Merry Christmas for those of you who celebrate it. Let happiness sink in our lives in this joyous momentum.
Unfortunately, what I have been feeling lately cannot coordinate with all these Christmas vibes. I have been feeling pressured and easily stressed out by some things that I haven't identified yet. I am in the middle of the process of figuring them out because it might help me to solve whatever messes my mind up now.
I have many friends and a boyfriend to talk to but I do not even feel like telling them right now. One, because they are busy and currently on a day out (yes they sometimes hang out without me, it's fine.. right?) and two, because I do not even like to tell anybody right now. How can you tell somebody else what you are feeling when you do not even know how to put them into words?
Things that I have made sure won't affect me have turned into the ones who stress me out the most. Some things just successfully made me feel like I was the most lonely person on the planet. Fortunately, I have tried so many ways and few them succeeded in making me feel better. Here are some things which I have to thank to for helping me out.
1. Music
Thanks to Spotify and my monthly salary, now I can afford Spotify premium and listen to whatever I want. In a mood like this, I like going out of my comfort zone and listen to songs that I haven't listened before or the ones that do not fit my favorite genre. Because you will never know that some of them are true and you can feel you are connected with those songs. Even sometimes you feel like the song has been made just for you because it connects you so much.
2. Books
Books can help you in two ways. Firstly, they will help you to forget what you have been feeling or entertain you and such. Secondly, some of those good books can help you to realize your mistakes or it just sometimes connects with what you have been dealing with. For instance, Sweetbitter and Looking For Alaska help me in the first way and The Prophet helps me with the last method. In a pathetic times like this, I like to read the On Joy and Sorrow in The Prophet because it talks about happiness and sadness that are inseparable and cannot be chosen as one just like that. Whenever you feel happy, your sadness is just laying there and being uncovered. The same thing goes when you feel sad.
3. Meditation or Yoga
This might help you so much to decrease your stress as long as you are doing it correctly. When you meditate, you are not connected with your smartphones or another people--you are on your own. And that's the good thing about it, sometimes you just cannot have people attached and tangled to you. You have to take some time for yourself, just to think and breathe in and out peacefully. Sometimes the smallest things can make you feel so peaceful and sometimes the smallest things also can destroy you.
4. Social Media
I do not mean that using social media will help you get through your hard times. In fact, you need to step away from them for a while because like I have said previously that social media can be so toxic for you, moreover if you cannot handle the pressure in it. Just uninstall the applications or log your accounts out so you won't get any notifications from your media account, and start looking into your reality and do what you have to do. Believe me, you still can find your own happiness even when you are not attached to your gadgets. Plus, your me-time and time off from social media can help you to shape yourself into a better person, so you can focus on being yourself without any intervention from people in media. You cannot deny that social media has that ability to shape people and change them slowly. You might not realize it because you live by them every single day that you cannot recognize any changes that they have done towards you.
I have tried many other things that did not go as successful as I thought they would be, so I would not post it. These ways might be too mainstream for you because you have seen it over and over again on the internet, but you can take it in the positive way--that those ways are proven to be successful in helping people feel better.
I apologize if this article is messy or not as good as my previous ones, I am currently not in my best mood because I am still recovering from whatever I have been feeling before.
Until next time.
Unfortunately, what I have been feeling lately cannot coordinate with all these Christmas vibes. I have been feeling pressured and easily stressed out by some things that I haven't identified yet. I am in the middle of the process of figuring them out because it might help me to solve whatever messes my mind up now.
I have many friends and a boyfriend to talk to but I do not even feel like telling them right now. One, because they are busy and currently on a day out (yes they sometimes hang out without me, it's fine.. right?) and two, because I do not even like to tell anybody right now. How can you tell somebody else what you are feeling when you do not even know how to put them into words?
Things that I have made sure won't affect me have turned into the ones who stress me out the most. Some things just successfully made me feel like I was the most lonely person on the planet. Fortunately, I have tried so many ways and few them succeeded in making me feel better. Here are some things which I have to thank to for helping me out.
1. Music
Thanks to Spotify and my monthly salary, now I can afford Spotify premium and listen to whatever I want. In a mood like this, I like going out of my comfort zone and listen to songs that I haven't listened before or the ones that do not fit my favorite genre. Because you will never know that some of them are true and you can feel you are connected with those songs. Even sometimes you feel like the song has been made just for you because it connects you so much.
2. Books
Books can help you in two ways. Firstly, they will help you to forget what you have been feeling or entertain you and such. Secondly, some of those good books can help you to realize your mistakes or it just sometimes connects with what you have been dealing with. For instance, Sweetbitter and Looking For Alaska help me in the first way and The Prophet helps me with the last method. In a pathetic times like this, I like to read the On Joy and Sorrow in The Prophet because it talks about happiness and sadness that are inseparable and cannot be chosen as one just like that. Whenever you feel happy, your sadness is just laying there and being uncovered. The same thing goes when you feel sad.
3. Meditation or Yoga
This might help you so much to decrease your stress as long as you are doing it correctly. When you meditate, you are not connected with your smartphones or another people--you are on your own. And that's the good thing about it, sometimes you just cannot have people attached and tangled to you. You have to take some time for yourself, just to think and breathe in and out peacefully. Sometimes the smallest things can make you feel so peaceful and sometimes the smallest things also can destroy you.
4. Social Media
I do not mean that using social media will help you get through your hard times. In fact, you need to step away from them for a while because like I have said previously that social media can be so toxic for you, moreover if you cannot handle the pressure in it. Just uninstall the applications or log your accounts out so you won't get any notifications from your media account, and start looking into your reality and do what you have to do. Believe me, you still can find your own happiness even when you are not attached to your gadgets. Plus, your me-time and time off from social media can help you to shape yourself into a better person, so you can focus on being yourself without any intervention from people in media. You cannot deny that social media has that ability to shape people and change them slowly. You might not realize it because you live by them every single day that you cannot recognize any changes that they have done towards you.
I have tried many other things that did not go as successful as I thought they would be, so I would not post it. These ways might be too mainstream for you because you have seen it over and over again on the internet, but you can take it in the positive way--that those ways are proven to be successful in helping people feel better.
I apologize if this article is messy or not as good as my previous ones, I am currently not in my best mood because I am still recovering from whatever I have been feeling before.
Until next time.
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