Hello everyone
it's Cassie again
aww... look at you, chilling~
hi guys
as you can see I'm no longer under stress today, I'm so happy instead!
not sure if any of you experienced this of the late, but I've been facing a lot of problems all at once
if you believe in Astrology such as I do, you probably would have heard of the term "Mercury Retrograde"
when this happens everything goes backwards, followed by a series of unfortunate events
your plans shatter, your communication fails
so I had been stressed, you guys could see that I lost some weight
thank you guys for sending so much love and care ♡
much love~
I'm really happy today and I also started eating healthily again
today I wanna share with you the things I do in order to relieve stress
to get back on track in no time!
Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. -- Frank Tyler
First of all, your environment, which is your house
I've heard of this term quite a few times, that is "Tidy room, tidy mind."
when your house is clean your mind becomes clear
not sure if it makes sense when I say it in Vietnamese, that's why I always use English because it makes more sense
but I will try to use more Vietnamese for your understanding
the first thing I would do when I'm under stress is cleaning my house
getting your house in order would help you relieve a lot of stress
to be honest, I'm such an unorganized person
I always leave such a mess in my living space
but luckily I've just made a walk-in closet so I had to clean up things and organize them into this closet
I know for some of you who hate to do housework like me, having to clean the house would only cause more stress
I'm not trying to say that you should do anything that requires too much work
You can just look into a mess and see if there's anything you're not using anymore
One of my tips to clean house is to throw away stuff that I don't need
All the stuff that I haven't touched in a long time, or I haven't been using
I can either give them away, or if they're torn or out of date they can go straight to the trash bin
Only keep those that I still actually want to use
Then my house becomes cleaner and spacier, my mood lifts
I feel that I got my life together, got a hold of my life, and took control over it
When you organize your house, it's like a metaphor that you're organizing your life
The second thing to do when I'm under stress is to spend more "me" time
Besides cleaning your surrounding, take a moment to trace back to your inner self and spend more time with it
in our life we have so many things to pursue, so many responsibilities to take
so when you pursue life
oh God so deep...
you'll feel stressed, and you cannot complete all the tasks that you're set out to do
when you cannot get them well done, you'll feel even more stressed, you'll
*exploding*
that's why spending time for yourself is really important
in this busy life you'll forget to hit pause and take a step back to enjoy your own company
I named it "switching off"
First we switch off our phones
living in a world of technology, it's hard to do switch off your phones or your computers
surfing the internet has become an everyday habit
I counted myself too, since I work on blogs and videos I need to be on my devices most of the time
so switching off is terribly hard
in order to do this I'll think about what else do I enjoy to do besides editing videos and surfing the internet?
back in highschool we called it "outdoor activity"
when I switch off my devices I will do yoga
you can go for a walk, a run, do some exercises but for me, to relax my body I love to do yoga
when you work too hard, you may neglect your body and your body will become too exhausted
when you're tired physically it will affect you mentally, your brain, your thoughts
they both have impacts on each other
Yoga is a great way for you to relax your body
an exercise that helps me a lot in calming myself down
I use an app called "Yoga Studio"
there are different levels, different sets of exercise
depending on what my body needs on a particular day
for example, on days that I feel stressed I would go for relaxation or flexibility
when your body is more flexible your mind will be too, and you'll solve your problems better
when you're under stress you'll feel dispirited, and this feeling is quite annoying
when you have too many things to do but you don't feel like doing them
you just wanna drop everything and be lazy
too bad it's not an option
when I'm uninspired I will look for things that inspire me
it can be reading an inspiring book, a book that helps growing you, teaches you something to become a better person
when you enhance your knowledge you'll become a better version of yourself
and when you feel good about yourself you can deal with other external things
you will find the best solution for all your problems
I also spend about 15~20 minutes a day to meditate
you probably find this strange because I'm kinda young for that
meditation sounds like something only the monks or old people would do
at least that's what I thought before I actually did it
but truly, I think the young people need meditation the most
because when we're young, we have passions, we have dreams, we follow all the external factors
and we forget our inner self
after awhile it'll become a mess inside and put us under stress
in our society young people get stressed a lot
so I suggest you to take at least 5~10 minutes a day to meditate if you're new
calm your soul and then you're figure out the way!
I also like to do home spa
I love home spa because when you do that it means you're taking good care of yourself
and of course your mood will be lifted
having that strength to conquer the world
feel good, good vibe~
one of the things I would do is taking a hot bath
if you have a bath at home I suggest you to use it today
I know a lot of you own one but you might forget to use it since you already have too many things to worry about
you probably don't have time for it, BUT you should really make time for yourself!
to prepare the bath I'm going to use this scented candle from Bath & Body Works
you can get them at Yankee Candle too
and this candle with crystals on it is a gift from Swarovski
candles are a great and simple way to enhance spa feeling at home without too much efforts
I love to have scented candles because they bring scents to your home and they look quite romantic too
I'm going to use this moisturizing coconut mask from Innisfree
music plays an important part in my life, so I'll listen to calming tracks to chill myself out, you can easily find these tracks online
next I'll pop this bath bomb from Lush
this bomb will change the water color, it also smoothes out your skin
done~ these are a few easy steps that I use at home to make it a relaxing spa
so chilled~ it doesn't really differ from the spa does it?
I'm that type of person that would lose appetite under stress
but I would always do skincare and take care of my beauty
because you should stay pretty under any circumstances, whether you're happy, sad or stressed!
whatever it is you must stay gorgeous
when you take care of your beauty, even if you're stressed you won't be even more stressed by looking terrible
Besides everything that I mentioned is a good night sleep
when you're stressed out it's hard to have a good night sleep
all the things that you haven't finished working on, you'd work on them at night when you go to bed
you'll toss and turn and cannot fall asleep
if you don't sleep well you'll become more tired, it adds to your stress
so these are the things I would do at night in order to make sure that I'll sleep well
15 minutes before tucking in, I'll prepare the fragrance oil
fragrance oil brings relaxing scent to your bedroom, makes you wanna go to sleep
you can replace it with scented candles or sprays
then I'll turn on my air purifier, it cleans the air and keeps moisture so that your skin won't dry out
finally I'll turn on my air conditioner
walking into a cold, dark room with calming scent and fresh air, who wouldn't wanna go to bed already?
you should change your cellphone's brightness to night shift
it reduces fluorescent light, helps you better fall asleep
and remember not to use your phone too much on bed because it's a place to sleep
put it aside and get ready for a good night sleep
Last but never least, your mindset
when I'm stressed I only do things that I wanna do
that's the reason why I did last week's haul video
I know there were problems with the lighting, and I was using too much English
to be honest I only wanted to something that didn't require too much efforts since I was already too stressed
hence I made a video that was exactly what I was capable of doing, exactly what I wanted to do
and we should forgive ourselves doing that
it's okay, there will be times that you cannot do things the way you always do
and you still have a long future ahead to keep making it better
therefore it doesn't matter
maybe today you can't do it well, tomorrow you can try again
forgive yourself
don't blame yourself and don't listen to others
don't listen to people telling you what to do
put it aside, do what you wanna do
it's your life, your choice
you get a hold of your life and you have fun with what you do
don't let it stress you out too much
if it's too stressing why would you wanna do it?
you live to be happy, not to be stressed
you should think more for yourself when you're under stress
when I'm stressed I only wanna be myself
the more myself the better
do whatever that I enjoy doing
And I also want you to know that in our life
everything happens for a reason
when I finally understand this I become less stressed
just let it go
*Lindsie singing ♫*
let everything go
when you understand this concept you will feel more at ease, calmer, and know better how to deal with life
because what will be will be
just come at me, I'm ready for you, anytime
At different stages, life challenges are the lessons, the strength that each of us as individual has to acquire
Don't view them as bad stress but make them a GOOD one
which helps you learn, grow, become a better and stronger version of yourself
and most importantly, become happier and more content with life!
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
and after the rain comes the sun ♡
Alright so that's everything I wanna share with you today
I hope that this video would somehow help you go through worries and pain
and remember to treat yourself after feeling well again
eat an awesome meal, go get a massage
Remember all the bad vibes are from here, so fix them here
don't forget to give me a thumbs up guyssssss and please SUBSCRIBE ♡
it's raining today so the lighting wasn't that good, my apology~ (will get a ring light soon)
don't know how to say it in Viet but yah...
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