Regardless of your age or occupation you know that sometimes things can get a little bit too much, especially when stressing over comes on a daily basis. If life is getting rough and it makes you feel really tired, you just need to have a little bit of “me time”, to learn to make yourself feel better and recharge your batteries. So, here are few ways I choose to wind down.
1. Go for a walk!
When I’m having a stressful day taking a walk is the best thing to do in order to clear my mind. As I live in the countryside, I would recommend you, if it’s possible, to take a walk in the middle of nature, somewhere you can breathe fresh air, feel the breeze and just enjoy those few mindful minutes. There’s something amazing in taking a walk on that little tight path in the woods, hearing the birds singing and the wind blowing, and if that’s not possible because you live in a city, you can go and explore places you’ve never been to.
2. Write it all down!
I know it’s not a thing many people do, but it can be really helpful if you’re having issues in organizing your thoughts. Take a notebook and a pen and write it all down, what you feel, why you feel like it and what you can do in order to stop it from making your days a nightmare. And if you’re having a busy day, make a list of the things you have to do and once you finished doing them tick that little checkbox, it will make you feel more organised. If you find it difficult to write it all down, just draw something. Remember, you don’t have to be an artist or a good drawer, just do it to calm yourself down, in fact, you don’t have to show it to anyone, you can keep it as a “memory”.
3. PositiviTEA in a cup!
There are SO many types of tea, but if you want to have a good nights sleep, to feel a little bit more relaxed and calm I would suggest you to try peppermint tea (not only well-flavored, but it will relax your mind), lavender tea (reduces stress and anxiety) or chamomile tea (soothes nerves).
4. Read a book!
This might be a really obvious one, but reading can be the best way to wind down. It has been proved that reading for 6 minutes can be enough to reduce stress levels by more than two thirds! Not only it can reduce stress and calm you down, but it can stimulate your creativity too. I usually settle down with a cup of calming tea and a good book, switch off and relax. If you want to read and don’t know what I recommend The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and Breaking butterflies by M. Anjelais.
5. Do more of what makes you happy!
When was the last time you did something that made you feel happy? Do it more often! Do anything that makes you happy. Do you like drawing, singing, playing games, taking pictures, writing? Do it! I, for example, love going outside with my camera and taking photos and even if they don’t turn out to be good, it was worth taking them because it made me happy!
STOP stressing, and START living. Take ONE thing at a time.
Török J. Sándor 
OMG Those are beautiful pictures. I love the first one. Good tips for destressing too.
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Thank you so much, Patty!
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I can definitely relate to a few of these. My brain is always going 100 miles per hour from when I wake up until I go to bed. But I love having a nice bath and some chamomile tea to help calm me down and stop myself from overthinking. I think this blog post will help a lot of people – thanks for sharing with us!
Kumbear Xo
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Thank you so much for your lovely comment! x
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So true, being creative is such a calming activity no matter what it is.
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Indeed it is!
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Very true! Hiking is one of my biggest de-stressers 🙂
Alanna | Adventures and Naps
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I love hiking too!
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Great ideas for stress reduction! I love taking walks and drinking tea, but there is something about writing stuff down that helps me deal with a long list of things to do. It makes the list more concrete and then I don’t have to stress about forgetting something!
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Nice read Torok!
I am defiantly a tea and journal type person. However, I often have the problem of always being in my head and overthinking things (if that makes any sense) Thankfully enough for me a warm cuppa tea gets me focused on just enjoying my happy tea time. Honestly just cozying up to a warm cup of anything helps to sooth my nerves.
I will defiantly try a few of your other de-stressers to see how they work out for me.
xoxo
Doris
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Awesome pictures! This is so important post. People need to slow down and start enjoying life and stop stressing. I love just drinking a cup of coffee and look out of the window or go for a walk in the nature.
Thank you for sharing.
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Thank you!!
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Great reminders on how to slow down and enjoy life. I particularly like the reminder to drink tea. I need more tea in my house! Thank you for the lovely post and the beautiful photos.
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Thank you for your lovely comment!
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Beautiful post with great advice and amazing photos ! Heading out for a walk as soon as I finish up my work !
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Thank you! Enjoy your walk!
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Hi! hope you’ll be happy to know that I really enjoyed this article and cited it here: http://www.fromdreamtoplan.net/2016/11/06/sunday-suggestions-8/ 🙂
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Aw, that’s so sweet of you! Thank you so much! (:
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Reading books is so relaxing , But I keep procrastinating and going on social media instead, That’s something i have to change ! thank you fo the advice !
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Do it more often, social media can wait!
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