Everyone has dark days. Even as someone who might travel a lot, be surrounded by friends all of the time, or just seeming to be making the most of everyday life, you could still have this lingering feeling of a dark cloud being over your head. So it just goes to show that it doesn’t matter who you are, or what you spend your days doing, it’s easy to have dark depressive days, or at least being a little bit down. But there are also ways to make our days better.
It’s not necessarily material things that you might be missing from your life. It could be something way back that has triggered it, and the cycle of feeling down is just hard to get over. So, in this post we’ll try to offer ideas that can help you lift that feeling. These might just help you finally feel free to enjoy life more.
Use Travel To Your Advantage
Travel should always be used to your advantage. If you have a love for travel, but you know it has been way too long since you’ve booked a trip, then that might be exactly what the doctor ordered.
Using travel to your advantage is going to be really good here. It’s not often you get the chance to feel the freedom that travel offers you, both mentally and physically. Especially if you try to go with the flow.
Once you get to your destination, and you’re relaxing on the beach with a cocktail in your hand, a certain amount of your worries just melt away. Or you can go to a spiritual retreat where you’ll definitely get a refreshed sense of self. There, you can gather strength and a new perspective to enjoy life.
It’s so easy to get lost and be present on your trip and forget the life you’re living back home. So a nice two-week break is exactly what the doctor ordered. It’s worth the financial investment.
When It All Gets Too Much
If you really do feel like you’ve got that dark cloud lingering over your head 24/7, then it might be worth thinking about getting some help. It’s normal to have down days, everybody will have them, but if the feeling is constant, then it’s just no way for you to be living your life. Something needs to change.
Behavioral health specialists are people that can help you get out of this. They help you talk through your thoughts and feelings – one of the most useful steps. It might only take a few therapy sessions before you feel like you’re back to yourself, but actually taking the first step to getting those sessions is your first step to feeling better!
Other activities like meditation, mindfulness, Qigong, and even exercise, can help a great deal. Taking steps for improving sleep and diet can also provide a drastic positive change in your mood and your health.
Finding Your Happy Place
You definitely need to have that happy place that you can go to, to take your mind off everything. We’re not thinking location wise, we’re thinking about something you can do that can totally make you forget about the world. Something you enjoy that can allow you to fully immerse and be completely present in said activity. Hiking, painting, gardening, whatever it may be that you really enjoy doing, you should be doing!
Are there other tips you would add to the list? What has worked for you?
A New Life Wandering 