Self-care. What really is it and how do you make sure you’re already doing it right? Or when you’re having a hard time, how do you even start?? Are you even getting the results that you want?
ACTION, ACTION, & ACTION
When you start to feel low, it’s natural that your mind wanders a lot and gets into a lot of thinking.
But you must watch out, as that can easily escalate to overthinking – and you’ll immediately spiral down to a negative look, without you even realizing.
So how do you really care for yourself through action?
Instead of thinking when feeling low, START DOING – as the best-underrated antidote to overthinking is… “ACTING”.
When you act, even if that is the bare minimum you’re giving, that’s one step ahead! One clutter cleaned and one step closer to clarity.
TAKE A LOOK AROUND
Everyone almost always tells you to “control your emotions”, without considering that it’s not always easy to do that naturally.
It takes awareness of one’s emotions and lots of practice.
Can someone really even take hold or get a good control of their emotions, when they’re not even aware of the way they’re acting?
Control requires awareness. Without being aware of something, the power to change it is close to none.
So, take a look around. How do people react? Does it seem off? Do they do the same way? What ticks them off, what do they like? Pay close attention to those and you can start living mindfully.
HOW DOES ONE ACT WHEN FEELING LOW?
When we feel low, it’s natural we don’t feel like doing anything or we feel really unproductive. What do we do?
ONE STEP AT A TIME.
Are you set to take the act? Are your tools ready? Say for work, you feel low so you don’t feel like working. But does the look of your work desk help? Is it full of clutter? A clean surrounding helps boost productivity too.
UTILIZING WILLPOWER
The best way to utilize oneself’s willpower is to “JUST TAKE THE FIRST STEP”. When you take the first step, you’ll be one step ahead and you’ll see where you were, and where you are after taking that first step.
With the first step, you’ll boost more of your willpower when your brain sees that YOU HAVE PROGRESS.
So really, yes, save your energy and refrain from being a victim of overthinking, and just start TAKING THAT FIRST STEP.
HOW OVERTHINKING BEGINS
Some won’t really be able to stop overthinking, because they don’t see how it begins – so let me walk you through its process.
You saw something in front of you, it was enough to get your attention. And then you saw a dot behind it, and one more further – they all seem related, so you connect the dots.
That’s the present, being connected to the past, and the future. And then more dots come in, so you draw more possibilities in your mind until ideas just keep on coming.
You get excited as more ideas come until your brain gets tired and couldn’t give you more ideas, and you try so hard to think more – you start to get tired, which leads you to more overthinking:
“Where did it go wrong, am I still thinking this right?”, and such.
HOW TO AVOID FATIGUE FROM THOSE IDEAS
You start with the PROCESS. Do not overthink things, when you already have something good, START THE PROCESS.
Or else you’ll lose all your energy into thinking and have no energy left for the real deal – ACTION.
ACTION, that leads to RESULTS.
IF YOU WANT RESULTS, FOCUS ON THE ACTION
Always remember, overthinking could kill your productivity – but you have the power to turn the tables and instead kill your overthinking through productivity.
Plan -> Execute -> Results
NOT Plan -> plan more -> plan more….
GET HELP IF YOU NEED
If it feels hard to decide what you want to do on your own – get a mentor. Reach out if you need help. It is always important and there will always be things that you can support.
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