Sick Day Routine — Feel better physically & mentally

Sick Day Routine -- Feel better physically & mentally

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Everybody’s been in this predicament. You need a sick day routine.

Long story short, I went to a food festival last weekend, never mind the fact that it was windy, rainy, and quite chilly for Hawaii’s standards. I be like, “I never get sick.”

Yeah, well, you can see how that turned out.

I’m one whose brain never stops turning, even when my body is retaliating against me. So while I was lying on the couch, barely able to keep my eyelids from drooping and obstructing my view of the TV, my mind was twirling through space with all ideas for new content… many of which never made it to a piece of paper because my hand wouldn’t cooperate, but that’s another story.

The one that stuck, (go figure,) was the idea to do my version of a sick day routine, although it’s not really a routine in the sense that you have to do these things in a particular order.

This is what I do when I have an entire day to relax and focus on myself. I may not be 100% back to my normal self after just one day, but doing these things really helps me to feel like I can tackle the world again much quicker.

Let’s get started with my comfortable-at-home sick day routine!

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10 Easy & Natural Stress Relief Tips to Increase Your Productivity

10 Easy & Natural Stress Relief Tips to Increase Your Productivity || The Millennial Maven #stressrelief #selfcare #relievestress #meditation #essentialoils

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I have a woeful talent; I can create stress out of thin air.

It’s awesome… *rolls eyes*

Am I alone in this? I doubt it.

Seemingly everywhere I turn, there appears a new source of stress. And this really cuts into my productivity. When I’m worried, pretty much all I can think about is that stress and every possible scenario. Because of that, nothing gets done in the present, which worsens my mood even more.

If I’m being honest, 2016-2018 was a rough season in terms of stress. I had one huge looming conflict that was basically unsolvable because it wasn’t truly mine to solve. I spent the better part of those three years deadlocked and not knowing how to untangle myself from the mess I found myself roped into. Frustratingly, those years were not nearly as productive as they could have been for me. It felt like I spent more time trying to decompress than I did actually working on moving myself forward.

However, something good did come out of these years. By the time I reached the light at the end of the tunnel, I had come up with a pretty solid system for de-stressing. These are the things I do when I start feeling stressed to calm myself and get back on track. I typically do a few at a time, but I have been known to spend a whole day going through the entire list when I really need a recharge!

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