Do you ever feel that life is just hurtling forward? Going
100mph, with such force, you’re screaming for it to stop. Let me off. Please
just pause for a second.
I sometimes feel it is so hard to live in the moment. I
don’t know whether that is because of integrated technology as I’ve lived with
it for most of my life, but part of me suspects so.
Sometimes I wake up already in a crap mood and sort of
wander through the day and before you know it the week is over and I flop into
bed, like what happened these last few days?
Living in the here and now if incredibly important, but it’s
also important to make sure you have the best possible day too.
I’ve written before here on the blog about anxiety and so
I’m here to share with you a few tips and tricks I’ve picked up along the way
to uplift my day, and now hopefully yours.
Dance in the mirror.
Ok you might be thinking right now, what on earth, but let
me explain. Go up to a mirror and do something silly. Pull a really stupid
face, bust a move, and try your best Beyoncé impression… that made you smile
right?
I start each morning by doing something silly that will put
a little smile on my face, a little giggle to myself. Just that little moment
of silliness uplifts my mood and as I walk out the house it’s like my little
funny secret, you know the one where you privately smile to yourself when you
remember.
Take a break and just
sit.
It’s incredibly important to just slow down. No I’m afraid
you can’t get off the world, but you can slow down. My favourite thing to do is
go to a coffee shop, order a drink and just sit. Put down the mobile phone
(I’ll get onto that) and just relax. Sink into the chair, look around you, take
in what you see, and switch off thoughts about that deadline looming, or what
did Lucy mean by that comment last night. None of it matters if you are not
enjoying your life.
I love coffee, I really do, but I’ve started cutting back on
it as it has a wired effect on me, which isn’t very good for slowing down.
Instead I’ve taken up tea. Now if you watched my 50 things about me video,
you’ll know I hate milk, which is why I’ve loving the Starbucks
Teavana iced tea. Personally I love the Iced Lemonade made with Hibiscus
Tea. It is so so good. I always thought tea was a bit of fuddy duddy but if
this is what tea is like, I could get used to this! So refreshing which is a
great way to relax, but with just the right amount of zing to just perk up my
day.
Put down the phone
I said at the beginning how I think technology might be part
of the reason why we sometimes feel like we aren’t living in the here and now.
How often are you trying to take the perfect photo for Instagram somewhere,
when the actually event is passing you by? I’m certainly guilty.
Did you know the average person checks their phone over 160
times a day? That’s mental! So I try to have technology detox time. Put away
the phone, the laptop and whatever else and go for a walk. Discover what is
around you and what quirky things you might see. Take a hot bath, sit outside,
or take a bike ride. Do something that lets you just experience what is around
you right now, and not what other people are doing on the web.
Write down
observations and reflect
This might seem tedious, but at the end of the day I like to
write a few notes down. Maybe something cool that I discovered today. Little
observations, things I noticed or feelings I felt. Your mind can’t remember
everything, but paper can. Sometimes when a day feels really rubbish, it forces
me to realise that it wasn’t all bad, and I get that little uplifted feeling.
I like to reflect on what I have done, what I have achieved
and what I am grateful for. Being grateful is a wonderful way to uplift your
spirit. It makes you realise that people care for you, have done some act of
kindness or that there is goodness in your life. And that is a wonderful
realisation.
What do you find helps you uplift your day? And have you
tried any of the tea range from Starbucks? Let me know below.
This post is sponsored
by Starbucks Teavana range, but all words, views and ideas are my own.
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