Easy And Free Habits That Improved My Mental Health
This year was full of challenges as well as changes for me. To give you a bit of a back story, I got to study abroad, graduated, and moved away from the city my university is based, I traveled a lot, participated in different projects, met new people, and lost some along the way, got heartbroken, lived in three different countries, and whatnot. I overall got to see a big part of what the human experience has to offer.
Not going to lie, I am grateful for all of it but at the same time I can’t help but admit that some parts of my life felt like a blur. All the constant change and the new feelings that arose with it were overwhelming. I often found myself struggling to cope and that’s when I decided that I had to make some changes in my daily life to improve my mental health. Because to me, no change means no result.
Right off the bat, I can say that the most effective change I made was consistent “journaling”. I was never a big fan of journaling. Even the thought of sitting down and writing paragraphs about my life struggles felt like too much work. However, journaling is the easiest way to understand what’s going on in your life and generally check in with yourself. So I decided to incorporate that in my daily life but in a way that works for me best! I created a (what you would now call) five-minute journal for myself. Instead of…
