How to make spring your season.
My favourite season is spring, like I love the weather, the flora and just the happy, gorgeous and chill yet energetic vibe it gives. I am usually at a great place during spring, like, I consistently exercise, I eat healthy, I'm productive, I smile more and I just glow cause it's just my season. So, maybe you haven't reached your spring peak yet, and thats okay, cause I'm here too help you feel your best and own it. <3
Girl, look around you, aren't the flowers gorgeous, isn't the weather just so pleasant. Take a breath of fresh air. Why on earth would u endlessly scroll through insta when you can embrace this and actually do things. You know, doing nothing actually makes you feel more tired and guilty so get off your bed and take a walk, or do pilates, try photography, anything really - as long as it isn't a waste of time. Like there is only 3 months of this peace, no way your going to waste it. Have your main character moments like your hot girl walks and cute cafe study sessions. And think of it this way, summers soon and you wanna be looking and feeling your best so now it the time to step up your game and be the most productive version of yourself.
Create your ideal spring you.
Decide who you want to be this season. Create a vision of the kind of girl you want to embody this spring. Consider appearance, activities, mood, routine and mindset & priorities. In fact you can take out your notebook and write it down or even make a vision board.
-> What hairstyles does she do?
-> What kind of clothes does she wear?
-> Does she wear make up? What style?
-> What physical activities does she do?
-> What mental activities does she do?
-> What creative activities does she do?
-> What social activities does she do?
-> What time does she wake up?
-> What time does she go to bed?
-> How often does she exercise?
-> How long does she study for?
-> What kinds of food does she eat?
-> What energy does she exude/bring into a room?
-> How does she treat herself and others?
-> How does she make herself and others feel?
-> What are her boundaries?
-> What are the things she does on a daily basis no matter what?
Literally spring clean your life (pun intended). Like clean up all the dusty self doubts and comparisons and throw out the people who drain your energy, I like to call them 'energy vampires' and wipe off all those unhealthy habits.
When your being productive, even though your doing more things, you feel more energetic. This is because productivity creates a sense of accomplishment and momentum which naturally boots your energy. When your productive your going to live this season to its fullest and look back and think of how great a time it was.
- When you get things done, your brain releases dopamine, which is a chemical that makes you feel more motivated and energised.
- Being productive can can put you in a "flow state," which is when you're deeply focused while enjoying the process.
- Procrastination and unfinished tasks bring in stress and mental exhaustion. When you're productive, you clear that mental clutter, making you feel lighter and more energetic.
Swap "waiting" with "doing"
This connects to the productivity part. Sometimes being productive can be hard. I recently watched this Ted Talk, I think it was on how procrastination works, but it explains how procrastination is like a monkey, who just does what it wants to do without a care in the world until deadlines, its greatest fear, enters the room causing it to stress out and end up doing what it was supposed to do. Procrastination causes stress, it is so much better to just get things done, which may see hard to do, but its actually pretty easy. Some ways I deal with procrastination are:
Whenever you have to do sometime and you just want to continue lying down or scrolling or sleeping, etc, just mentally count 3, 2, 1, and immediately get up. This method works so well, especially when your alarm rings and you don't wanna get out of bed or when you don't want to switch of the TV and get your work done
A good example of is actually what I did today. I needed to get my steps in but I had had a very long day of school and was exhausted. I motivated myself to go for the walk by deciding to have a 1.5 hour walk to a mall so that I could window shop and grab a snack after. This helped motivate me to get up and go for the walk. So basically, to motivate you to do things, reward yourself with things that you find fun and makes you happy after you complete what you're supposed to do, wether its getting matcha after you study or going for a long walk but it is to a mall so you get to window shop.
