Getting Your Life Back Together

Sometimes we feel that we are all over the place. All the work we do has no meaning and you feel like your life is all over the place. So now it is time to stop being all over the place and get your life back together. Here are some of the things you can do to collect yourself and get your life together:

1. Find all the causes of your slump: see what are the main aspect of your life which are causing you to feel like this. look at all the things that you are doing. Most of the time, the reason why you feel like your life is a mess because you have bitten off more than you can chew

2. Don’t spend too much time overthinking: this will never be beneficial for you because you will jump to conclusions that are probably not even possible. It takes away from the now and it will probably just leave you more stressed than when you started off. I’m not saying you have to be rash, take a calculated decision before you start something.

3. Take some time off: sometimes you just need a break and some time to just relax and take off. It will make you feel better and give you time to get everything together. You have to have this balance in your life where you can distinguish between the time where you finish all your work and the time where you rest and take to yourself

4. Do some self-care: you have earned this. self-care is very important, it can be in your own way. Everyone has a different meaning to self-care. It could be just pampering yourself with a face mask and any kind of skincare routine or it could be just getting a snack and watching Netflix the entire night. Don’t forget to have a few nights for yourself, away from the craziness of the world

5. Talk to someone: talk to someone and tell them why you feel so overwhelmed or why you feel like your life is a mess. Take their advice if you see fit or maybe just ask them to hear you out while you tell them everything that has been going on with you lately

6. Organize: this is probably the most important aspect. So here are the few things you can do with respect to organizing your life-

a) Clean up any physical mess you have: it could be your room or your kitchen or anything where you feel too many things have accumulated and it will make you feel so much better. Working in a clean space increases your productivity

b) Plan: write out everything that you have to do or all the assignments and have them all in front of you so you know what you have to do. It gives you a kind of peace of mind that you know exactly what to do

c) Time-block and correspond the chapters with the days: buy and planner or a book where you can put something for every day. Assign a day of the month to your assignment and follow it. It's kind of like a schedule where you give yourself a certain time to finish work

7. Change something about your lifestyle: try getting rid of that bad habit that you have been trying to let go of. Remove something from your life that you are unhappy with and try to replace that negative thing with a new positive thing it will help a lot

8. Try starting a hobby: you have to dedicate some of your time to pursue your interests. After all, if you do not try new things you will never know what you like. It’s always nice to have something in your day which is just your time and after all, in times like this, you need to find some ways to keep yourself happy and escape the madness.

9. Look at things with a different approach: when things change inside you, things change around you. If you look at things differently, you get new ideas and you would want to try new experiences. If you feel uninspired, this is the perfect way to find your motivation again.

10. Assess your strength and weaknesses: now, we are getting to the final stages before you get your life back on track. See what your strengths are and try to find a field that matches them or find a place where you could use them the best. Find your weaknesses and strive to improve, it’s all part

11. Self-reflection: this is the most important thing. Until you look back on how you were, you cannot determine how much you have grown over the span of time when you started this process. Tracking your progress is of your utmost importance and you should always look back, maybe you kept a journal? Or you kept it in your notes? It could simply just be through photos. Always be mindful of your progress and be proud of how far you have come from the starting point.

I hope you enjoyed this blog, I also hope you will use some of these tips the next time you take on a journey or feel like your life is all over the place. Remember to always be proud of yourself no matter how small the progress you made, it’s still a step forward

Thanks for reading,

Xx mahika

(This will probably be my last blog for a few weeks as I have exams coming up and I need to prepare for them. But I promise I will be back soon with a great blog. Hint: I might or might not have a book blog coming very soon)

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