Project Chick

I think it’s paramount to highlight the importance of maintenance of your mental health. We are all works in constant progress, and as such, we need to constantly work on ourselves.

Too often, I put my mental health on autopilot, riding the waves as they come.

Last week, I was on a high: building a dresser, reorganizing my closet and my room. This week, I could barely get off of the sofa. My room is a mess; it’s a reflection of my mental space.

As I enter another high (which is why I’m able to write this post), I wonder: how do you maintain your mental health? What can I do to avoid these ups and downs?

First, I think I need to give myself grace and accept that it is okay to be down. I have to allow myself to live through those emotions. It’s unrealistic to expect “on 10” energy every day, all day and beat myself up when I can’t live up to that unattainable expectation. Sometimes it’s enough to just have made it through the day.

In the self work that I’ve accomplished within the past few months, I think it’s important to write those things down. I’ve never been one to journal, but I think daily writing could help in understanding and making connections with patterns in my feelings and my thoughts.

I am constantly evolving; I’m a new person every day. I don’t have the answers, and I won’t pretend that I do, but I am working on it. I’m working on a better me, and I think that’s enough at this juncture of my life. With that, I’m welcoming positive thoughts and positive experiences and (gracefully) passing on negative ones.

As long as I’m trying to do better, better will surely come.