Tips For Getting Back On Track

Being an adult is hard and that's without mental health problems coming into the mix... things can quickly pile up and when they pile up the mind can become chaotic which can be stressful. 

Tips For Getting Back On Track:

First things first is to decide are you swamped by mental health? life tasks? feeling lost? Depending where you are will determine how much you need to get back on track and which tips you should prioritise and these tips can be done in any order.

If you're feeling lost a good place to start would be to do a deep clean, organise your stuff and de-clutter the stuff you never use or don't like anymore.This could take a while depending on your situation, you don't have to achieve it all in the day, task one room per day if this is easier. 

Once you've finished cleaning, organising and de-cluttering your home, sort out your digital stuff this could be your phone, laptop/PC, Ipad/tablet - again this could take a while. Delete all the random stuff you'll never need again, organise with folders what you want to keep to make it simple when you want to find something, go through your photos/videos/screenshots delete what's no longer important and go through your social media too delete old messages. This could also be a good time to decide to unfollow accounts you no longer enjoy or that make you feel bad about yourself/your life; comparing yourself with others is a huge trigger for feeling behind in life and maybe without these accounts you'll realise you're doing just fine with what you have available.  

Then once you're more organised write down every task you need to do no matter how small, large, urgent or non-urgent it is. Then make the phone calls, reply to the emails/messages and set a schedule in a calendar for any appointments/places you need to attend and write down anything you need to remember from completing those tasks.  

You could also journal any thoughts and feelings anything you need to get off your chest or simply write everything that comes to your brain - if you're art journalling use colours you're initially drawn to as this is representing your subconscious emotions. If you're struggling with your mental health these are great techniques to manage your mental health with, which can be used daily if required. 


What's stopping you from getting back on track? 


Till next time,

Stevie x 

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