| First off. Give yourself space to fail. It is ok to fail. It is ok to be a failure. Some days it will be hard to get out of bed. That is ok. Get out of bed anyways. There will be days where doing one 15 minute task will take you 8 hours. That is ok, do it anyways. And then congratulate yourself that you finished it. Do not berate yourself that something so simple took you so long to finish. Have a goal of 20 minutes vigorous walk daily. You will fail to achieve this goal for many days in a row. That is ok. The sun is your friend, it will make you feel better. If you live somewhere without much sun, vitamin D can be a lifesaver. If I run out of my supplement and fail to purchase more I notice a strong correlation with low moods that could spiral into depression. I don’t let my vitamin D run out. Some days you will not want to feel better. That’s ok. Try to feel better anyways. Sleep is important. Do whatever you can to protect your sleep. Eat foods that make you feel better. Avoid foods that make your mouth happy at the expense of your body. You may not know how to tell the difference yet. If you pay attention to your body you may eventually get a better idea of what these foods are. It’s ok to be useless. It’s ok to not make an impact. It’s ok to only do small kindnesses to others. Find some small way to genuinely help someone. Try to do this regularly. Also, remember that happiness=f(reality/expectations). Your reality can be amazing, but if your expectations are even higher all your achievements are going to feel like garbage. So try not to beat yourself up trying to chase high expectations. |