Category: Lifestyle

What is Mental Health?

Mental health is a state of mind where an individual takes subconscious or conscious decision driven from inner feelings and emotions. If the action is akin or normal the person is stable, if the action is obnoxious is unstable and needs help.

In this fast-growing technological world, everything is progressive and competitive and Mental Health cannot be ignored. Everyone is busy, running, and it’s hard to find our inner peace.

School teaches us subjects, college persuades us towards carrier objectives and job gives us the opportunity to practice our skills and then family, responsibilities, house, EMI’s and then we are into the rat race which is cyclic and there is no end.

It’s hard to find time for one-self and into this 2- minute- Maggi world we lack patience and peace. Our mind is an organic machine that needs proper nutrients to keep us mentally healthy and help in taking vital decisions.

This article will be covering 10 tricks on how we can enhance our lifestyle by improving our conscious effort towards Mental Health. So let begin.

1. Be Social but be Independent

The world is full of networking and it’s very important to keep our-self social. In our workplace, family, or any gathering we should be presentable and know how to start a conversation and respond appropriately. 

When we interact, we should be confident enough to drive the conversation and we can only be confident when we are independent. One should be financially, emotionally, and socially independent to take own decisions.

Imagine if one is dependent on small basic necessities it will always make us feel less important, outnumbered, and worthless that person can never participate in eye to eye open conversation and will be neglected from the crowd the world is like this! it’s a hard reality and we need to digest.

It covers to all age group if you are in school you should be good enough to pass your exams on your own knowledge, if you are in college you should be clear about your subject, skill, and passion which will shape future if you are in a job you should be confident enough to keep your opinion on table practically and know how to manage your money.

These things just help us keeping ourselves prepared for upcoming challenges and will act as therapy to Mental health.

2.Routine and Discipline Lifestyle

Oops! this one hurt because it’s old school and boring but needs to adjust to this. I don’t know why discipline is always admired in a tough and rigid form even knowing the fact ultimately it’s pure gold.

Having a routine and disciplined life helps to keep us ahead and alarmed. Imagine a person who is habituated to strict time-table, if something doesn’t go as planned he or she will not be wasting time on setbacks but will move to follow the next activity as per his/her daily routine which will not be a burden.

Having a routine and discipline life doesn’t mean to follow a hardcore military training schedule. One should properly categorize and divide 24 hours appropriately like morning rituals, exercise, proper mealtime, news time, working hours, break hours, family time, bedtime doing basics like laundering, cleaning, pressing clothes, polishing your shoes, arranging your school/college/office essentials.

I know it’s very difficult to control ourselves and it takes time to implement but it’s worthy. There is nothing great than winning on ourselves if you are looking at how to build massive self-discipline please check out the below video. 

3.Balancing the Personal and Professional life

The mental health of a person is polarised by this factor in a broadway. With the pace of time, a person shifts from being a single, independent, bachelor to responsible. It can be a father, son, mother, or daughter and this transition can be very chaotic because now the person has pressure to play well on both the pitch of the workplace and family courtyard.

Keeping personal and professional life separate is very important as diluting the issues of both may land one in very miserable conditions where a person can feel helpless and lose his self-esteem. Isolating them is hair painting tedious task but once mastered it’s the best cool breeze and an ultimate therapy.

Below are the steps to make it simple:

• Be punctual and be active
• Focus is the key – whether it’s an office or family gathering
• Share your emotions
• Be humble and be generous
• Everyday making your self to the dining table at the end of the day with your loved ones
• Plan for the day once mastered plan for the week and further months and year
• Let everyone participate openly in your conversation
• Be a good listener
• Eliminate ego 
• Keeping track of your finances and plan accordingly

4.Tick..Tick..Tick Time Management

“If you are killing time today, time will kill you tomorrow” back in my primary school I heard this quote which I ignored but today I owe this. In the present competitive world, every second counts, and in order to be in the race time management is a must.

I know hearing this orthodox conversation is boring but its part of the game. It’s a common human tendency to postpone each activity, little or abundant for tomorrow and that tomorrow never comes back. Due to this laziness and unplanned calendar we pile up a stack of pending things ultimately which results in stress, anger, depression, and affects our mental health.

4.1-breaking the bread

Breaking the bread is a simple technique in which we need to break our goals into small possible chunks and take the first step.

 steps

• Take a notebook and pen
• Write down the most important goal
• Write the deadline for the final day
• Select any small token of gift for yourself if you complete this target it may be a gadget, a holiday break, your favorite restaurant.
• Break the goal into small possible chunks and highlight them with a highlighter
• Write down the necessary steps required to fulfill each small chunks
• For each day as per convenience set hours to take the step on your small chunk
• Repeat it no wonder how your day ends up no excuses just remember if you practice any skill continuously for 5 years each day min 3-5 hours you will be master of that craft
• Take small breaks which enhances your efficiency
• Clean your work area regularly by yourself
• Keep moving on next chunks 
• Paste this blueprint near to your bed or place where you spend most of your hours maybe your mobile wallpaper

5. Parenting – A modern need

The world has drastically changed in the last two decades and it’s the necessity of our society because the technology has advanced, the internet has expanded its boundaries, there is more diversification in terms of food, culture, art, and literature.

Still, in our Indian society, there’s a huge neutral buffer zone between parents and children. For example, if a family is dining together and suddenly if a manforce condom or sanitary pads are endorsed there is an awkward silence and different wave of uncomfortable hovers down. 

Today in the world of internet everything is available on tap of fingers and it’s the duty of parents to track what their children are accessing at a sensitive age. Parents should encourage their wards to involve more in practical conversation rather than comparison and report card statistics.

steps

• Eliminating the concept of comparison because every child is special
• Stop Judging teenage and adults based on sex, fashion, background, complexion, marks sheet and IQ
• Open conversation between parent and wards
• Motivating the young guns to take broader decisions even if they fail
• Don’t educate them to make money rather educate them to be the change
• The sex education coming from the words of parents at the correct age
• Moral and Ethics 
• Don’t prepare your children for examination, prepare them for life

6. Exercise – Hit the nerves

Sweating out every day is the best way to shuffle your muscles and bones for best performance. Exercising daily makes a person conscious about his physical health and it makes a body less vulnerable to diabetes, high cholesterol, blood pressure issues other chronic diseases.

Exercising just doesn’t make one attractive but it gave great inner peace and if you one is habituated of exercising daily will accomplish one small goal every day which is a great self-booster and it enriches mental health.

 Daily exercising has fetched out some amazing results like it happiness, mental stability, glowing skin, more energetic, better blood flow, enhances concentration, and more focus.

steps

• Select any form of physical activity(cycling, outdoor sports, running, gumming, etc.)
• Set your target (to shred, to bulk or to train any muscle group )
• Select your sweet hours as per convenience (morning or evening)
• Set alarm motivating figure wallpaper next to you
• Get a companion if possible
• Take a pre-exercise energy drink or caffeine drink
• Wipe all the shits in your mind with the help of music or motivating video
• Start your activity with timer
• Repeat the activity for at least 21 days  
• Offer yourself with things like calorie wristwatch, good exercise wears or shoes if you met your target for month or week

7. Balanced diet

In India, more than half of the population consumes an unbalanced diet. Diet is fuel to our body which helps us in generating energy, enhancing immunity, and overall growth of body and mind.

Having a balanced diet with the proper amount of protein, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, vitamins and minerals helps to keep the body away from most of the chronic diseases and obesity.

steps:

• Calculate your BMI(body mass index)
• Categorize yourself as per BMI underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese
• Calculate your calorie intake per day or download a dedicated app
• Select your diet chart as per preference (veg/non-veg)
• Try to break your meals into 5 to 6 parts per day
• Add more vegetables and fruits in the list
• Take adequate water
• If budget is the issue switch to cheap source like eggs, lentils, dairy products, oats and etc
• Keep your night meal as light as possible 
• Consume food at correct time with adequate time gap
• Enjoy your healthy life- you are your own master now

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8. Meditation & Sipirtualism

Meditation and Spiritualism is the ultimate therapy which gives us the chance to whisper our soul and talk to our self. In this fast-moving world, everything is in rush-hush and people hardly know the meaning of their existence.

Stress, depression, anxiety, anger, fear are part of every age group and meditation & spiritualism help us to deal these with calmness which enhances our mental health.

Meditation: People generally confuse meditation with the orthodox existence of going on a mountain and chanting mantras. It is a vacuum time zone where a person isolate themself willingly from the crowd and focus on their breathing and discard complexity from the system.

Meditation can be in the form of dancing, singing, reading, writing, offering prayers, running, or whatever gives one happiness.

Spiritualism: It is a process where a person irrelevant to religion or culture offers a token of gratitude to supreme power for the human race existence.

9. Own a pet or be kind to animals

Having a pet is not a sign of luxury it’s a sign of kindness and empathy. Pet is the best companion who can charm one with their innocence and loyalty. 

If you have a pet it doesn’t matter how your life is going?, they will eagerly wait for you at doorsteps and if you cuddle them, play with them there will volcano of bliss, emotions, tenderness and kindness.

If one cannot afford a pet then be kind to street animals, birds. Feed some biscuits or eatables to the street dog, keep a bowl of milk for the cat, some water and cereals on the terrace for birds and see them, if possible go and pamper them, this helps in boosting mental health as a doorway to happiness.

10. Traveling – Because the road has an answer to everything

Traveling is an opportunity to explore and learn different languages, cultures, customs, religions, and cuisines which helps human civilization to connect. It creates a great scope of wisdom and acknowledgment.

One needs to plan trips once annually solo or with family which gives the opportunity to spend time with loved ones and refreshes the mind with joy and happiness which stabilizes mental health.

Traveling cannot be afforded by everyone so go around own city, another side of town which is less visited to see the street vendors fighting each day for bread and butter, to slums where the value of water and electricity is inevitable, to the local zoo, museum, bus stand, local station, river, lake and, etc. If something unique found shoot them with a camera or write down in your diary and cherish them later.

Bonus points : 

• Learn the art of being happy
• Pursue a hobby
• Be financial independent
• Quit alcohol, smoking or consumption of toxics
• Be in solitude not in loneliness

“life is a gift, one needs to accept it and respect it”

Bhaskar Pandey

Bhaskar Pandey is a Hyderabad Techie from Bihar/Jharkhand, professionally a Cloud Enginner and passionately involved with storytelling and writing, he is a descendant of Scorpio Sunshine who loves to unwrap the layers of life. He believes that writing is a serious job with a sensitive touch of responsibility which can bring organic change in folks, bring him down as a blogger. Madly believes the mantra “You become, what you think.”

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