Creating good habits

Often as humans we revert to habits that don't benefit us. It is important to have

someone to talk to when we have big emotions we can't seem to understand, but that's not always an option for everyone. So let's talk about things we can all do to help when our emotions are to big to control.

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Journaling

Now let me start by saying journaling and I have a love hate relationship, it's on and off constantly. But that is ok because I know how I feel when I journal and how I

feel when I don't. Lets look at some benefits.

• improves your mental health

• Memory

• productivity

as of 2020 1 out of every 6 keep an active journal.

Sometimes we need to get our feelings out but don't want to have to talk

to someone ( which is ok, we have all been there). Take a self care day buy yourself some colorful pens and a cute journal and go home and write.

Moving your body

Certain days I wake up and feel like doing absolutely nothing, it usually hits me on Wednesday or Thursday. I can feel the week coming to an end but I still have x,y,z to do. Our days are never ending especially when we sit in school from 7:30-2:30, we

aren't moving, maybe just enough to make it from class to class where we sit again for 80 minutes. yet, when we get home all we can bring ourselves to do is sit at the table and do our homework. So lets see the benefits of getting up and moving:

reduces stress, anxiety, and depression

• refocuses your mind

• Improves brain function

moving your body increases serotonin levels

I try my hardest to move daily, it looks different everyday. I take my dog on a walk around my block or I'll go to the gym. It depends on my mood for the day, and sometimes I wake up and decide its not going to happen that day. You have to be able to understand your own body. If you need a day to rest allow yourself to rest, get up the next day and

try again even if its for 5 minutes.

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