#Kiss Blog: Slowing Down.

The world seems to move too fast and oftentimes we find ourselves doing too much just to keep up with the ever busy revolution of the modern world but while keeping up is good, we sometimes forget to “live” and enjoy living. We tend to focus more on money, connection and other things that cause us burnout and this affects our mental and physical health. I once read these words somewhere “I don’t want to watch my life from the sidelines'', it takes a ton of discipline to slow down most times because life and time doesn’t wait for anyone, instead life moves faster and we have to be constantly running to keep up with it but if we are not cautious, we’ll spend our entire life running from one point of life to the other.

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For someone like me that easily gets overwhelmed, i tend to take slowing down a bit too seriously, I take mental breaks for days and even weeks and some of the things I do during my mental breaks are;

• Solo Dates.

When I’m having a breakdown or taking a break, I take myself out. Sometimes it’s to get ice cream, buy makeup products or eat and it’s definitely not expensive. I take my time and enjoy the scenario.

• Tea or coffee.

As a Nigerian, we rarely go on coffee dates, which typical Nigerian would want to get dressed, leave the house and go on a date to take just coffee or tea, in fact, it is an unspoken abomination 😅 (although there are people who would, including me 🙈). Taking coffee or tea while watching the weather, be it sunny or cloudy brings you back to your surroundings, it makes you “present” and honestly, I don’t get tired of this.

• Going back (mentally) to a happy place or moment.

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I do this when I’m both broken and sad. I pick a happy moment and relive it in my head, especially moments with loved ones.

• Taking a long and quiet walk.

• Sitting outside and taking in deep and fresh breaths.

• Spending time with loved ones.

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This is my reply to this week's #kiss blog

Life sometimes moves very fast, too fast it seems. What are some ways that you slow things down?

Thanks for reading my blog ❤️
❤️&🕯️ From @orah14