We all feel lost sometimes. Our world gets cloudy and we forget who we are, so here are some things you can do here and there to piece yourself back together.
- Learn to say yes a little more often. Be cautious and smart about what you’re saying yes to but no experience is worthless— good or bad you’re going to learn something from it
- Create. In any form you know, bring your thoughts and your visions into the physical world. Even if you aren’t creative in the slightest, doodle some things on a scrap piece of paper, or throw some paint onto something — anything. Write your thoughts down, all of them, even the absurd ones. It's such a release to just clear your head completely and being able to see the aftermath that brain dump.
- Do more things by yourself. It's okay to go see a movie, or to dinner, or to the park alone. Just look out for the world around you, people watch, make yourself laugh. Make a really cool, uplifting playlist, and walk around and pretend you are the star of your own movie. You would be surprised how much you learn about yourself just by just getting out of your life for a few hours without distractions.
- Listen to your instincts, you have them for a reason. Your initial reactions to things say all about you. If you see a jacket that is ugly but for some reason you love, BUY IT. When you hear a song that is nothing like anything else you have ever heard, listen more. Don’t put yourself in a cycle of the same old trends, that's not growth, that's stalling.
- Rant about everything. Find someone you trust and just let out everything. Ramble on and on about something and at some point you are thinking out loud and you begin to say things that you would never vocalize. You find out a lot about your thought process and how you feel about things in a very raw and pure way.
- Cut out all the people who are giving you nothing in life. People who bring you down, who make you feel small, toxic people that you only associate with out of habit. You deserve to walk taller than the manhattan skyline and you can’t do that with people weighing you down. You would be surprised how much influence those people have on you and once they are gone a whole new, positive, universe makes itself visible to you.
- And lastly, be a friend to yourself. Don’t lie to yourself, or hurt yourself, or be mean to yourself. Treat yourself like a best friend. Do things for you before anyone else. Free your mind and heart from every poor influence and be who you want to be, who you are, unapologetically.
