16 Ways to Calm Yourself When Life is Getting Tough

Despite what social media bombard us with on a daily basis, we all go through horrible moments, they are part of life and we can’t hide from them, but what we can do is take a series of steps to cope with these bad moments to preserve our mental health.

I found these 16 ways to help us go through them and I was positively surprised to find out I instinctively practice some of these routines and after reading this I will practice a few more.

Here we go:

1. Walk: Walking helps clear your mind. It offers you a different perspective.

2. Indulge: Take a day off to spend a whole day doing exactly what you want.

3. Be Generous: Give something to a total stranger. Acts of giving make us feel warm and fuzzy inside.

4. Sit in a coffee shop or a busy street and soak up your surroundings. You don't have to talk to people.

5. Educate yourself: research what it is you are experiencing. Arm yourself with knowledge and the resources to tackle the problems head-on.

6. Preparation: Write the day's to-do list the evening before.

7. Strengths: Write down a list of 20 of your strengths.

8. Keep going forward: Keep taking small steps, no matter what. Being stagnant doesn't serve you.

9. Re-visit an old hobby: If you don't have one, create one.

10. Prioritize: Decide what's important right now. Say no to extra obligations.

11. Sleep: Get enough rest. Sleep 7-9 hours each night.

12. Be silly: Do something that you did as a child. Don't take life too seriously.

13. Cry: Release all that emotion. You will feel better.

14. Check your self-talk. Negative self-talk does not serve you.

15. Journal: Develop a habit of journaling. This will help free your mind.

16. Remind yourself that life is a journey. Remember that what you are going through is temporary, It will pass.

I hope this helps you.