Hey Pals, how you doin?
I have been in a bit of a slump for the past few days,
and today I decided to get out of it -
So I thought it would be a good idea to share with you what to do
when you're in a slump
and how to get out of it.
Okay, cool.
Step one is to
get all the bad stuff out of the way.
If you want to eat junk food
and cry
and watch crappy TV and sleep for a few hours during the day,
do it.
(Shia Labeouf - "Just Do It!")
If I don't do it
then I'm gunna be thinking about it
and I'm not gunna get anything done, and
I'm going to end up in another slump
in a few days, so it's better just to get it all out of the way, and
yeah.
Step two, is to
recognise that you're in a slump,
and realise that you may have to push yourself to do things you don't want to do to get out of the slump -
and it's not fun, and it's annoying,
and
takes a lot of energy sometimes, and
all that kind of stuff, but
if you want to feel better, you have to do those things.
Which leads me onto step three,
which is cleaning up,
and taking all of the piled up dishes out of your living room or bedroom or whatever
and just
washing them, and getting it all out of the way
and sweeping the floor, or hoovering,
and making your bed,
and
watering your plants, and
all that kind of stuff.
Do it.
(Shia Labeouf - "Don't let your dreams be dreams")
I can guarantee that you'll feel much better when you get it done,
and if it's really difficult
listen to some music while you do it, or reward yourself
with things that you like after completing each task.
Step four
is to drink water,
and, or,
no, and
tea.
If you don't know what kind of tea to have, I would suggest green tea.
If you want something that tastes nice,
I would suggest a different kind of tea because green tea doesn't always taste nice -
unless it's like peach green tea, that's good.
But,
chamomile is good if you need to sleep,
and fruity teas are
(laughs)
fruity teas..
sorry
fruity, teas
are also really nice, so
yeah, make that.
step five, is to brush your teeth.
Step six, is to get yourself clean
which is kind of brushing your teeth, but I mean like
have a shower, or wash your face, or you know
the usual things that people do to get clean.
If you really struggle with body dysphoria, I would suggest
having a bath with the lights out and some candles on,
and maybe some music to distract yourself.
Or, if it's really bad wear like a swimming costume, swimming trunks,
a packer if you really need to, and
just make sure you clean all the right places.
Just, you know, sometimes you just gotta do it and it's not great but
you know, all the other things are just there to make it a little more bearable.
Step seven is to get all your thoughts out
of your head,
and onto something else,
whether that's in a journal or on your computer.
Something that I found really really helpful recently was an app called Todoist.
It's basically just this app
that helps you organise stuff.
You can split your different tasks into categories,
I've got personal, youtube and work,
and you can choose colours for them aswell and it's all really cute.
You can also set the times and dates if you want to but you don't have to
so if you are struggling with being overly organised,
and getting anxious about
pressure and things like that
you don't have to do those things which is what I like about this app.
So yeah,
it's also free and all that kind of stuff.
A good thing to do is to put some small things on there, like
what you need to cook, or
even the things you need to clean and stuff like that,
so that you can see that things are getting accomplished and that you'll feel better,
and
like the things you need to do aren't as intimidating.
Step eight is to eat something mildly healthy.
I feel like health is kind of subjective at the moment,
but what I mean is just like eating something that doesn't make you feel like crap,
something with maybe one vegetable in it at least,
something simple, and not
not - just not things that make you feel like crap basically.
Step nine is to put some reminders up to
keep you focused on the goals you've got, and things like that.
I've got this cork board here and I've got some inspiring things up on there,
including this print out that I got on tumblr on ways to love yourself,
and it's really nice just to have up there.
Step ten, is to remind yourself that you can start again at any point.
That can be mid month, mid week, mid day, evening -
whenever you want it to be, it's just all in your head.
So if you wanna start right now, do it.
I hope you're having a great day, and a great week, and a great month and everything,
and I will see you soon.