Sometimes life
gets stressful and you don’t have a lot of time alone with your thoughts. But
since I finished my 3rd year of Uni last week (YAAY!) I’ve had some
time to relax and recover, and in wedged in that a bit of thinking time - and in that time I decided on some “life tips” for
myself. Nothing revolutionary, or even particularly interesting – but I think
they might help me J
· Before you say something, ask
yourself if you’d be embarrassed to have it repeated. I
don’t think there’s a person on earth that hasn’t said at least one thing that
in hindsight they are quite ashamed of. Whether it’s a catty comment about a
friend, or a joke that could actually be perceived as quite unpleasant. But
once it slips out, it’s so easy to get repeated and even passed back to that
person. It’s the old “if you haven’t got anything nice to say, don’t say
anything at all”. Solid advice by Thumper from Bambi there. I know when I say
something nice about someone, even if there’s no way they’d find out, it just
makes me feel good J so do it for that selfish reason if
none other! ;)
· Try and be a bit healthier. Notice I say “healthier”, not
healthy! I am very much someone who loves curling up with pizza and ice cream
and completely depriving myself of that may be good for my hips, but would
almost certainly make me very sad! But sometimes too much fatty/sugary foods
makes me feel gunky, I’m afraid I have no technical term for it. It ends up
making me feel lethargic, has nasty effects on my skin and I just generally end
up feeling yucky on the inside. I try and balance this with some salads and
substituting chocolate for fruit, but I want to start doing more exercise. I
love horse riding (which does take a surprising amount of physical effort,
despite everyone who says the horse does all the work!) but I want to start
going to the gym more. I stopped going this year because my workload and
placements stepped up a LOT this academic year, but now it’s summer I have no
excuse. Exercise classes keep me motivated and I always leave with endorphins
fluttering around me J boxercise, let us get reacquainted.
·
Be someone YOU’D like to spend time
with. By that I don’t
mean stop being yourself, or pretend to be someone you’re not. But I think it’s
easy to assume people will always be there for you, whether its friends, a
partner, family. But taking people for granted is something that causes the
destruction of so many relationships. If you think of a compliment, say it. If
something someone has done has made you smile, tell them. Small gestures mean
so much, and even a text message that takes 20 seconds to compose has the
potential to turn someone’s day around. If it’s something you’d appreciate,
chances are someone else will too!
·
Be grateful for small things. This is bordering on cheesy, and I don’t
want to get my snorkel and get too deep now. But I am henceforth going to try
and focus on the little positives of my day than the little niggles! I am very
much someone who can get bogged down by little worries, and blow them up into
big things in my mind rather than thinking “oh well, happened now!” which would
be a much healthier thought process. Instead, I want to focus on all the lovely
things that happen every day that we take for granted, whether it’s a nice meal,
a quick phone call with a friend, or even just some nice weather. It doesn’t
have to be a day with a trip to Alton Towers to be amazing/ memorable.
· Turn negatives into positives. A long and stressful day at work
can dictate and ruin your whole day. Or, you can think “I have accomplished so
much today and worked so hard, I’m proud of that”.
"The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our cicumstances"
- Martha Washington
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