For the days that are just hard.
Hi everyone today was hard and I just wanted to share what I do on days that are hard incase it’ll help anyone.
also I dont give enough shit to check my spelling sorry.
Disclamier this is all things that help me and might not help you, I just thought it could help a bit
just taking care of myself to the bare minimum is sometimes what I need
I like night showers the most because I think about washing off the day and going to bed and waking up clean just make me feel so nice.
Also I will sometimes pamper myself, like using a really nice smelling Lush lotion I won’t use every time I shower.
Also just take your time do not rush your routine maybe just let your conditioner sit longer and sit in the warmth a little longer, this dosnet really help me I like quick showers so I can get to my bed quicker but on a rare occasion Ill slow down
2. Eat something, dosent matter what just eat, Trigger warning for those who struggle with eating
I just ate waffles at 10:40pm (22:40) even though my mom made pasta for dinner and set some aside for me after my work shift because I wanted to eat waffles
If you don’t eat something there is a chance you’ll just feel worse later
It doesn’t have to be a meal, a banana apple hand full of nuts carrots crackers something
While you can’t completely substitute water with tea I will on bad days
Its flavored and I just drink it quicker which makes me drink more
Some of my favorites teas
Anything from trader joe’s, spacifically the turmeric and ginger tea I have been drinking for about 5-6 years
Teavana is the tea brand used at Starbucks and you can buy it. If you heat a cup of 1/2 lemonade and 1/2 water with the Peach Tranquility and Jade Cuitrus Mint and some honey you just made a Medicine Ball… which you can order from Starbucks. But I usually am craving it late at night when they are closed.
Celctial seasonings is the tea brand my mom has always been getting. I will drink anything from this brand. Also if you mix lemonade water their peach tea and peppermint tea with honey is also a great way to make a Medicine Ball.
Yogi’s Stress Relief Bedtime and Throat coat I think all taste pretty similar just with different after tastes and I enjoy them a lot
Traditional Madicinals Throat Coat is also great
Wether its a book YouTube music tv show I like to listen to something because it helps me think about something specific for days I don’t want to think about anything
Or I focus on something other than intrusive thoughts
I love the Chill covers curated playlist on Spotify because there’s always new songs and the arrangement are different from the originals so when something different happens my brain focuses on the music rather than intrusive thoughts
Example of this is a cover of the 1975’s song “Its not Living( If Its Not with You) “ covered by Roses and Revolutions. this is one of my favorite songs by the 1975 and listening to the song just being performed in a different tempo and by a more feminine voice makes me focus on the song more than my thoughts.
Also the group Postmodern Jukebox is phenomenal jazzy covers. Even if I don’t like the original song I’ll listen to the cover by them because I know it is going to be musically interesting and different. Not just in tempo.
Audio books are one of the best inventions ever deadass and I actually use my audible membership at least once a week usually more. You can find the Harry Potter audio books on Youtube, I personally love the versions read by Jim Dale
Also I find Kate Rudd’s voice amazing she reads “The Fault in our Stars “and “Turtals All the Way down” both by John Green
Bed goodies I highly recommend
I’m a whore for ice water and when I’m drinking water it is freezing no other way
A heating pad, this doesnt only take away cramps it comforts me at night and some of the best 10 bucks I spent
Freshly washed sheets if possible
If I wake up feeling like garbage the first thing I’ll do is wash my sheets because then I get out of my bed and do at least one productive thing in the day
Okay I think I’m done for now. Ill add stuff if I think of them.
