Be Kind To Yourself

Hey guys,

I’ll do a quick life update soon, but it has been 6 weeks since Uni started and we got our first break this week.

The past 6 weeks has been a rather interesting experience. I’ve grown to love some of my modules and to hate some, to constantly remain in pace with the learning flow for some of the mods, and to fall very far behind for others. I’ve tried out a couple of systems and I think I finally found the one that will work for me. I’ll be sure to share it with you guys in an upcoming post soon!

But today, I really just wanted to talk a little about being a little kinder to yourself. This is written somewhat to reset myself as well, so this is still something that I am working on. Just wanted to share what’s going on in my brain and find some clarity through writing.

This week was recess week. For those of you not in Uni yet, this is essentially our September holidays. A week ago, just before the week started, I sat down and listed down all the things I wanted to achieve in this week. It felt like a really good time to catch up on all the backlog I had and to try to get ahead in the syllabus again. So come Monday morning, I had this A4 piece of paper sitting in front of me, filled with grand plans and huge ambitions. I thought that I had planned everything out perfectly. I would have a good productive week that I could be proud of.

Fast forward a week, I’ve barely checked anything off my to do list, but I’ve watched a couple of movies and completed re-did my digital organisational system.

There was one thing I didn’t plan for. I didn’t expect myself to get stuck in a mental slump this week. I didn’t expect that I would be sitting around, just watching Netflix all day this week.

And let’s face it, everyone has been like this at some point in time. This is not the first slump I’ve been in, and I know that it won’t be my last.

So this time, what I figured out was this. We can try to be a little kinder to ourselves. We CAN’T be productive all the time. We’re simply not built for that sort of lifestyle. So if we need time off for a little break, I think we can all learn to be okay with that. And if we need a little bit more time to get back into the groove, then that’s okay too.

Life is full of transitions and change is uncomfortable. So I guess it really wouldn’t be that bad a situation if we all cut ourselves some slack and just be okay with that:)

Cheers yall:D cya in my next post!