Make it your own If you live alone or with understanding roommates, the first step is to make the apartment feel like home. Make it your own. Add colour to walls if you're allowed. If not - look into removable wall vinyls, or draperies and decals. Hang curtains, put up pictures (with no nail hooks … Continue reading Managing Stress in a Tiny Apartment
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Trying to Escape Chronic Stress
For as long as I can remember I have been a bundle of stress. Even during the most happy and relaxed days. There was always an undertone of stress. I can't escape it. I never will. Chronic stress is forever It has taken me a while to come to terms with this. Honestly, the first … Continue reading Trying to Escape Chronic Stress
When You Feel Like You’re Failing
When you feel like you're failing Don't... Compare yourself to othersTurn to social mediaGive upTurn to (old) bad habits Do... Look at past achievementsKeep a journal or planner - plan your goals and record your achievements (not matter how small!)Turn off your devicesFocus on Self CareReach out to friends and familyMake a gratitude journal or … Continue reading When You Feel Like You’re Failing
Exercises For Stress
More than anyone, I know how much exercise can be a struggle when you're stressed and at your wits end. The last thing you want to do is get sweaty and gross, red faced and out of breath. To be uncomfortable at a gym or moving everything around the house to make enough room to … Continue reading Exercises For Stress
Running Scared
For the majority of my life I have been running scared. The decisions I have made in my life have been directly affected by how I felt, how scared I felt. When I was 15 I was sexually assaulted. At 16 I unsuccessfully went to therapy, and was diagnosed with "situational depression." Whenever I have … Continue reading Running Scared
Meditation For The Stressed and Skeptical Beginner
For anyone, including myself who struggles with stress, anxiety, depression, chronic illness. Anything out of the norm, there is always a chorus of healthy people saying "try meditation!" Whether it is meditation, yoga, exercise etc, we've heard it all. I've been just as skeptical as you. I have done the research, watched videos and read … Continue reading Meditation For The Stressed and Skeptical Beginner
Don’t Give Up
It's time to learn to not give up. I'm one of those people who starts a million different things and never finishes one. Any tiny inconvenience and I quit. The first failure I give up. The tiniest bit of doubt or opposition from someone else and I'm out. Don't give up. Please for your sake … Continue reading Don’t Give Up
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Chronic Stress
For as long as I can remember I have been stressed. From finding out about my anxiety when I was around 13, to worrying about weight, appearance, grades, if people liked me, the future, you name it while growing up. At sixteen I landed at my doctors with chest pain, and by seventeen it had … Continue reading Chronic Stress
A New Year And A Less Stressed Me
It's almost a new year, and I am right there with the rest with hoping for a new me! "New year, new me" right? Right... and wrong. It will be a new year, and it will be a new me. But over the last year and for the next year there will be very many … Continue reading A New Year And A Less Stressed Me
After Holiday Self Care Stock Up!
If our Christmas Eve post was as big a bummer to you as it was for us, and even if it wasn't (or you haven't read it). Or are just looking to extend the festivities, here are some things to get you out of that funk of Christmas. To prepare for the year ahead and … Continue reading After Holiday Self Care Stock Up!