Breathe.

I don't know if you know this, but it's not a crime to step back from life and breathe. We all fall victim to stacking our plates so high that we eventually have too much weight to carry that we eventually...crash. When this happens, it's crucial to take a breather and really think about what is most important at the present moment. We often need to temporarily reprioritize our lives in order to keep our sanity while getting everything done. Once the storm blows over, we can go back to our normal state with more knowledge and emotional stamina to take on the next surge...well because the cycle never ends if we are being honest. You need to hear these 5 things to catch up with yourself.

1. You Are Top Priority

Although we become accustomed to the same daily rituals and stresses, its important to realize that you are top priority. At the end of the day, you will ALWAYS have yourself. Taking a problem and covering it up with a band-aide won't help you out in the long run, but continue the cycle and allow the piles to build up higher. Taking on large amounts of stress majorly impacts your health leading to sleep impediments, clouded thinking and feeling as if you're living in auto pilot.

2. Your Mindset Is Key

I don't know if you realize, but every thought comes from you. More specifically, your mind. If you wake up on a Monday morning already assuming that you're going to have an exhausting awful day, well because it's Monday you definitely will. There really isn't anything more important to understand than your own mind. It's extremely difficult to take the bad thoughts and replace them with good ones when you feel stressed out, but it is the first step to making a difference. If you think things will get better for you, they will.

3. Your Surroundings Matter

Surround yourself with people that make you happy. Get out with your friends and family and occupy your mind with something that has you feeling good, not allowing your mind and stress to consume you into a puddle of unhappiness. Get in touch with nature, seriously, it is so relaxing. Go sit beside the beach or on top of a mountain and just breathe and remind yourself how important you are, and how lucky you are to be alive.

4. Understand That You Are Not Perfect

As much as we'd like to think that we are perfect, the truth is perfection doesn't exist. If you want to change yourself, do it. The only thing keeping you the way you are, is you. Each and every one of us has a dark part of our soul that needs reawakening, and a ton of self love. Regardless of that, you have to understand why you are struggling and over come it.

- You are important

- You are loved

- You deserve happiness

-You will get through

5. Breathe

Close your eyes and take a deep breath.

Inhale, exhale.