Ola everybody, I hope you're doing well! I am super excited about today's video
because I think it's gonna be a topic that really (hopefully) helps out many of
you out there. I'm going to be sharing five de-stressing tips (my de-stressing
routine) because, I don't know about you guys, but during certain times of the
year I am definitely more prone to stress than others.
Midterm season, holiday season, certain times of the month even!
I don't think stress is a bad thing necessarily, I think it actually, kind of,
keeps you sharp --it's a natural part of life! However, if it gets a little
overwhelming (or a lot overwhelming) it can really have the opposite effect and
that's when I really buckle down and employ these tips I'm going to talk
about to level my mood back to normal-ish levels :P I'm just going to dive in (and
shimmy in, apparently) into tip number one! One hundred percent, one of the first
things I do when the stress has hit that level is I talk to someone about what
I'm stressed about why I'm stressed... I just let it out! For me, that person is
definitely my mom, and when I hit that point I call her and I just let it all
out...sometimes she just listens and that really helps me--just the act of
releasing that stress to her calms me a bit down. And sometimes, because she
knows me so well, she recognizes times where I need a
little kick in my butt to stop--not stop feeling stress but to change the way I'm
responding to it...otherwise it's easy for for me, if I'm not careful, I can kind of be drowned by things that are
really bothering me. De-stress tip number two is to rewire your
thoughts --and no this has nothing to do with rewiring in the electrical sense
because, this may come as a SHOCK to you, but nobody should be allowing me anywhere
near electrical things! The way that I like to switch the negative,
stressful thoughts, to more positive, optimistic (hopefully less stressed
thoughts) is by consuming food-for-the-soul... I've talked about this a lot on my
channel and I think it's really important. I like to get inspired
right now a lot from podcasts and by watching some good quality YouTube
videos... I'm gonna have a few of my favorites down in the description box
below--they don't even really have anything to do with stress, but the idea
is that by watching them, my energy goes towards something more uplifting and not
so mood draining. Another way to rewire my stressful thoughts is to focus on
gratitude and essentially things that I'm grateful for... I actually want to
do a whole video on gratitude on my channel at some point, but a tool that I
just started using is the "5 Minute Journal" and in the morning and at night
I write things I'm grateful for in here, but if I'm ever going through stressful
periods, sometimes I'll revisit the passages that I wrote in the
morning so that I can be reminded of the things in life that I should be really
grateful for versus the things in my life right now that might just be
temporarily blinding me to all the good things happening. I really love this , [it]
will also be linked down below, and if you'd like to see me do a whole video on
gratitude, be sure to answer this poll on your screen [go answer the poll :P]
De-stress tip number 3 is meditate! This is something that I really should
be doing more regularly, but I definitely do right before a really stressful
situation ---so for example a test that I really feel unprepared for (I just had
one of those a few days ago and it was not fun). But right before [the test], what I did
was I put on this saje "stress release" essential oil --it's a tension reducing
remedy-- comes in this rollerball, and you just put a little dab on (I put it behind my
ears and underneath my chin) and then I will pop some headphones in. As you
guys know I love using the app called "Headspace." They have amazing longer
guided meditations, but when I need something quick I use the SOS
meditations ...they now have ones for feeling overwhelmed, feeling burned out,
feeling flustered, and they're really great at quickly calming me down when I
am very far from calm! de-stress tip number four, unlike the meditation where
I use it during times where I don't really have much time to get a hold of
my mood, this is something that I do when I do have a little extra time and that
is to get moving (either by taking a walk through the city or exercising)...
right now it's mostly taking a walk around the city for me, and I just
really love this because it changes my environment ...sometimes my environment is
the place that is causing me stress (or at least there's a lot of things tying
my stress to my environment ) so just getting away can really help put things
into perspective. And my fifth and final, but definitely not least important
tip, is to have some "me time" [CLIP STARTS] "Clothes --treat yourself ! Fragrances --treat
yourself! Massages --treat yourself! Mimosa-treat yourself! Fine leather goods-- treat
yourself! [END OF CLIP] I did a whole video on my self-care routine and I will have that
linked down below, but essentially I like to go do things that make me really
really happy... for me that is getting a coffee (oh my god, the joy a cup of coffee--
going to get a cup of coffee ---gives me is out of this world, I'm a little
concerned by how happy it really does make me). I also will go to my happy place,
again, for me that is Indigo ---I can spend so much time in Chapters Indigo!
...bullet journaling... I was talking to my roommate and she told me her favorite
de-stressing things were a bath or a sheet mask... so you know, find those things
that just make you really really excited and happy so that even if it's for a
little bit, you have an escape from the stressful feelings that you may be
feeling! That is all I have for today's de-stress tips/routine!
I hope there was something in this video that helps you out if you are maybe
going through a stressful period! And something that I just want to share, a
thought that I always try and keep in mind when I am stressed, is that
stress is usually a temporary thing... there's going to be a time where you
don't feel stressed even though in the moment it feels a little consuming,
overwhelming, all of those scary things! But if you can kind of just keep that in
perspective, it really is a comforting thing --at least for me, so hopefully it is
for you. If you like this video, be sure to give it a big thumbs up, hit that
subscribe button and the notification bell if you haven't already, and I'd
really appreciate it if you could leave a comment down below
giving your tips/tricks/piece of advice for de-stressing ...I love seeing
you guys help each other out in the comments section ...that's my favorite part
about doing these videos ...so I'd love to see you guys leave those
comments! I'm gonna wrap it up here! I will see all of you very soon with a new
video, and until then, bye everyone!
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