As an anxious person, I wanted to write some tips for managing anxiety during election season. This year has been such a sh*t show and it’s difficult to not feel anxious all of the time especially with the intense political climate this year. In this post, I’m sharing ways to stay informed as a citizen while caring for your mental health and managing political anxiety.
After taking the summer off school, it’s time to prepare for the fall semester again. It seems like this summer has gone by in a flash, but you know, what even is time during a pandemic? Today, I’m sharing some things I’m doing to get ready for another semester of college.
Between quitting my tutoring job and recently making a big life decision (I’ll share later), I’ve had a lot of nerve wracking conversations lately. I’m sharing tips on how to prepare for difficult conversations because communicating big changes can be really scary! Whether it’s a conversation in a professional setting or a personal relationship, I’ve curated tips to help you communicate everything you need to even when you’re nervous.
I never wanted a Twitter account. During our designated phone time, I would glance at my boyfriend’s phone and watch him scroll through Twitter. Just looking from afar, Twitter appeared to be the most scattered social media site I had ever seen. As someone who genuinely loves organization, Twitter just didn’t seem like the app for me.
It’s crazy to think I started college a year ago. I was brimming with so much anxiety and dread. Just like most major life events, college is idealized in the media. College websites show happy students studying in the grass. Movies portray college life as one huge party with drugs, bad decisions, etc. I just didn’t didn’t know what to expect.
At the start of this semester, I decided I was finally ready to start going to the gym. Last semester, I had kind of wanted to start going, but anxiety had truly held me back. My biggest excuse for not going was that I didn’t have time and I was too tired, but the main reason was anxiety. I was anxious about looking like a newbie at the gym and I had never really used any gym equipment before. Growing up, I did all the kid activities of swimming, dancing, gymnastics, etc. but I had never tried any gym equipment.