4 Days Apart

This page is for our final project in our PerDev course: A Mental Health Activity Calendar! We were tasked to search and create 30 activities that promotes positive mental health among Senior High School students like us, but anyone can try these too! Each day of the week has a recurring theme whether it's "Motivation Mondays" or "Friend-ventory Fridays" that aim to target a specfic aspect of our mental well-being overall. MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT, YOU GUYS!

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Our September Mental Health Calendar! 🗓

We have 7 themes for every day of the week, so feel free to pick any activity you guys want to try out with us. We chose 7 activities (1 per theme) and will be posting any pics/videos we took while doing them. :) 

While September is ending today, that doesn’t mean we still can’t use these very handy mental health activities for October! 🎃

This is our final project in our Personal Development course, but we’ve really grown to realize how our mental health is just as important as our physical health. 🏋🏻‍♂️

Shoutout to Sir Russel when you do read this hehe <3

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Friend-ventory Fridays: Ask a close friend how they’re doing!

Me and my close friend’s conversation starter will always be:

“Have you listened to the song I added?”

Then we share our thoughts about the songs we added in the collaborative playlist we made so then at the middle of the night we wouldn’t be disturbing each other just to send the new sad music we listened to. 

What’s similar about the two of us is we like sad music, so in the playlist we share titled, kisame, translates to ceiling. It’s when a song is sad enough for us to look at the ceiling.

Because, looking outside the car’s window isn’t that trendy anymore

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just kidding

This is our way of staying in touch with each other and of course a momentarily escape from our busyness.

- allysa

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Treat Yo’self Thursdays: Watch some Netflix during a break!

It’s currently 12 in the midnight as I type this down. As odd as it comes to be, this is the start of my break after a long time doing school requirements the whole day. 

Personally just finishing the tasks I needed to finish and then not doing anything feels odd to me, so what I do after doing something I never asked myself to do but still need to do is to make sure I have a “me-time!” 

So then, I’d look forward in finishing what I needed to do. 

Yes, I do look forward in watching Princess Mononoke though I’ve watched it for countless times already, it’s a good film. I’d very much want to erase it from my mind just to watch it again.

This is my way of coping on a stressful day, I hope as I type these down, you’re also at your time of the day resting. If not, then, hopefully you can have your me-time anytime soon!

- allysa

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Sunday Funday: Movie night with the fam! 🍿

Okay, the picture clearly shows that we did it during the afternoon so did I technically break the rules? 👀

My younger siblings watched with me so naturally they had control over the movie selection. So it was more specifically a kids’ movie day. At least we watched a movie!

They love watching on the projector and I think I enjoyed seeing them enjoy themselves than the movie itself. I love them to death. ❤️ (too much?)

- soph

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Self Saturdate: Have some alone time 😌

I really do believe that spending a few minutes reflecting on yourself in terms of your growth and progress really helps with our mindsets. It doesn’t have to be anything dramatic, but I like to remind myself about these things written on the post-it to reenergize me and remind me of my priorities.

I always see it whenever I’m on my computer so I’m always reminded. Before I shut off the computer or open my computer in the morning, I see this and it grounds me on why I’m doing what I’m doing. I’m not a very artsy person like Allysa (shoutout to her uwu) so a post-it will have to do. 🤷🏻‍♀️

What are your goals? What keeps you going and grounded? As we’re transitioning to adulthood it’s important to be grounded in what you believe in.

Virginia Woolf once said,

I feel a thousand capacities spring up in me. I am rooted, but I flow.

Stay rooted, but be open-minded and flow with the current without letting it overwhelm you.

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Friend-ventory Fridays: Game night with Friends! 🎮

One of my favorite things to do every now and then is to have game nights with my friends online. We’ve recently been getting into “Among Us”. I’ve officially lost all trust on my friends as we lie to each other and expose who’s impostor and clear innocents.

I’m a social person, so these moments I have with my friends really help me mentally. It makes my world bigger in my tiny room. We don’t do it as often as we should because of requirements, but I always enjoy it when we do. 

I’m not a gamer so “Among Us” really works for me because it’s fairly easy to control and more of social deduction. To more game nights! 🤩

- soph

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Treat Yo’self Thursday: Listen to a podcast before you sleep!

I’ve never been a podcast person before this, but I also “accidentally” listened to 2 hours worth of podcasts so... 👀

I didn’t know Spotify had a huge archive of podcasts! I guess I wasn’t really maximizing my Spotify subscription, huh?

I guess I really got to treat myself. Weirdly enough, I felt relaxed (podcast people have the most calming voices) and excited at all the different podcasts I could listen to.

I really liked this one by Rick Warren, he’s one of my favorite pastors and authors. Ever since we’ve been having church virtually, this podcast was really helpful for me. It was like a mini sermon I can quickly play before I go to sleep.

The TEDTalk podcasts are really cool too, can you sense a theme here? I feel like podcasts are best used when you’re learning something informative or educational that will really set your brain right before you sleep.

But there’s anything and everything for everyone, so try it out!

- soph

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Wind-down Wednesdays: Work on a skill you have!

Drawing has always been a passion of mine and it calms me every time I need to calm down. But drawing only effectively eases me when no one asks me to do it and I just feel like doing it. Who wants to be asked by someone to do something you love for them?

not me

This is a study that I did for nude drawings. I referenced Ezra Miller’s GQ Style photoshoot for this because it looked godly. It was very beautiful, it would be a waste to not draw it. 

Working on a skill that I have is something that not only calms me but allows me to improve, skill-wise. It makes me isolate myself in my own little bubble doing something I want to do so that even for this day or a sad and restless day, I would feel like I something, even if it’s just one thing, went my way. 

This works for me so that I wouldn’t feel as restless as I usually would. Hopefully this could work for you as well!

- allysa

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Wind-down Wednesdays: Go online window shopping!

I’m officially a vlogger just for grades.

I was hesitant to show my face, but I didn’t just want to post a screenshot of my shopping cart so here we are. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I never realized it until we were making this calendar but I’ve formed a habit of mindlessly scrolling through Shopee or Lazada and adding cute things to my cart. I’m not sure if it’s an addiction (when it’s unhealthy they always call it an addiction), but it really does help me relax and turn my mind off. It’s not that I’m going to buy it anyways, right? Someone back me up on this.

Is there a term for online window shopping addiction?

- soph

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Two-sdays: Play with your pet/s

My cats are grumpy, lazy, and demanding oddballs in a body of cute creature, however they can also be the most affectionate cuties in ways that need to be understood more than what most people would consider as “affection.” They sleep in the morning and make the most annoying meows when everyone’s already asleep (let us sleep, please). But waking up with them beside you sleeping as well, makes every moment spent with them worth it. 

Playing with them while I distract myself from school works would never be not fun. Every time they’re called by their names, they would rarely react even when you’re meow-ing to them, a ‘pspspspsps’ doesn’t even make them move a muscle. So it amazes me that it just takes a simple cardboard, a shoelace, or a feather with a bell to make them jump and run.

During these moments I’d like to think that this is how I momentarily cope. Maybe I just need a companion that needs no words to comfort me when I’m tired. 

I hope you also have an animal companion with you that would greatly bring you comfort. 

-allysa

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Two-sdays: Play a card/board game with a family member!

My dad and I often bond over chess since I was young. And I’ve recently noticed that as requirements started to pile up, we haven’t been able to play chess with each for some quality time. So I made it an effort to set aside some time to play with him.

He was really touched that I remembered our favorite activity together, and most of the time we talked more than we played. I think subconsciously I felt a lot better talking to my dad because I’m close to him. We talked about everything under the sun, and I really did realize how important the closest people in my life are. They ground me and act as my support system when mentally I’m not at my best.

I guess two is better than one. 🤷🏻‍♀️

- soph

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Motivation Mondays: Set Your Monthly Goals!

This may perhaps be one of the things I rarely do at all. Maybe you’re like me who never organizes anything at all. A person who organizes their things is an enigma to me. 

(I’ve changed now ;>)

So, setting monthly goals without a specific goal in mind is hard for me (and maybe for you as well), since I’ve always been used to doing things unplanned or although maybe I did plan something, I rarely stick to that plan. 

Right now, you may be asking how I set these goals I have for this month if it was so hard for me to do so. Well, I started with simple goals that I find difficult to follow. Starting from listening to that podcast my friend recommended which I told her to give me time to listen since I do not have the motivation to do so, until having 8 to 10 hours of sleep. 

These goals may unbelievably be simple but still,  it gives a little push to motivate me in doing something productive so that every month that I set my goal, accomplishing it would be fulfilling.

These little goals will eventually lead to something big. So, start taking notes of goals you’d like to accomplish! 

- allysa

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Motivation Mondays: Clean Your Desk!

Last Monday, I finally took it upon myself to clean my desk area. After all, your desk is the reflection of your soul... (is that how it goes?)

Anyways, it took some time because I like keeping things around me, but I have realized my workflow has been a lot cleaner ever since things are where they’re supposed to be instead of being cluttered around me. I have this trolley cart organizer too which comes in handy because it has a corkboard situation to hang baskets and hooks. I LOVE this and it’s a total space saver too.

It didn’t take me as long as I anticipated, only about 30 minutes or so? But I’m really glad I got it out of the way because it serves as a physical representation of my mind too. Nice and tidy. :D

- soph