Mental Health

If you didn’t know, May is mental health awareness month. I believe it’s important for everyone to take time for themselves and just slow down a bit. We live in such an overworked culture that we almost forget to enjoy our lives. We’re always worried about money, our jobs, the world around us, and often times we jeopardize our own health in doing this. We cause extra stress and anxiety for ourselves that doesn’t need to be there.

I can be such anxiety driven at times that it becomes burdensome for me. I’m sure there are others out there that can relate to this. We get so caught up in the world around us telling us to be better than who we are, to lose weight, to be prettier, to be wealthier, to pick sides, to raise our children a certain way, ect. It’s all so exhausting!

I’m tired. Aren’t you?

We need to challenge ourselves to be better for our mental health…nothing else. Take time to do small things throughout your day that brings you joy. Read a book, bake some cookies, take a walk, take a nap, call up a friend. Whatever it is that brings happiness to you, you should make a little time to enjoy it.

Don’t let this world tell you who you should be or how you should live your life. You know yourself the best, and you need to put yourself first. For me, I’m going to make a better effort to go on more walks and read more often. I hope you all can find something that will bring a little more joy to your daily lives.