In recent years people have realized the importance of proper diet and exercise, and recent surveys show that over the last 20 years people are eating better and working out more often, resulting in people living longer, but people are still lacking in their understanding that their mental well being is just as important as their physical health.
Today most people get on average 4 to 6 hours of exercise every day, and make sure that everything they put in their mouths is not filled with sugars or preservatives, but they pay no attention to their mental health, no vacations, not even the occasional long weekend, 60 hour weeks, taking work home with them and even working weekends. All of this for hopes of one day getting that big promotion. What good will it do you when your brain overloads and you have a breakdown in the office.
In the end your physical health will suffer no matter how well you eat and how often you exercise. You will wind up with high blood pressure, stress and tension all of which raises the chances of you having a stroke or heart attack.
In hopes of helping you avoid this I am providing you with the things I do to keep my mental health in tip-top condition.
My absolute favorite thing to do to refocus myself is to go for a long drive in my car. Nothing brings the world back into focus like driving free like the wind, there is no better forms of therapy as far as I am concerned.
Another great way to relieve the stresses in your life and help put a sparkle in your mental health is a trip to the bowling alley. Most people go to the alley and expect to go home a winner, I do not. I go to have a good time.
I enjoy the skill required in bowling. I also make sure not to take my credit cards with me to the alley. Every week I put a few bucks on the side and when I have enough to go to the alley I go, and have a real good time. This way I can blow every penny I bring with me and know I am not hurting myself financially.
Sometime I just like to sit at the side and watch others bowl. This may not be as exciting as actual bowling. The best part is that when I do play I have a supper big smile on my face because the night was all that much better.
I also enjoy watching an hour or 2 of television every night, some light sitcoms are a great way to lighten your minds load, and laughing out loud for 30 seconds every day is a great way to release stress.
Video games are also great for stress release, if you are mad at your boss what better way to get it out of you then boxing, just imagine you are pounding on your boss and hope you don’t lose.
I hope you try some of these methods or think of some of your own to help keep the stress down in your life and keep your mental health in as good of condition as the rest of you.
