Watapple Mental Health Education Wellness

Category: self-improvement

  • Always learning…

    What are you good at?

    Whether I am reading a book or blog and doing a job I am always learning a new skill whether consciously and unconsciously. When I absorb something I get better and better at it. I do like experimenting, when I see a new way to do a task easier, I tend to play around with the platform until I can get the task to do what I want.

    We should always strive to learn even in retirement age because if we stop growing and learning that is where we grow old quicker.

    I do wish I was good at everything but it is not easy to juggle everything at once to be good at everything quicker. One thing I know I am good at is more on the business – sales part, but on my own terms.

    I feel like when you are your own boss you have more power to do things your own way, making whatever you do unique. Even when you are your own boss you do feel a little unmotivated because you do not have someone on the other end to push you or help you grow.

    What I do is roam around to different jobs, just meeting new faces and talking to them so I can get a few ideas out of it.

    Always stay young and curious! 😉

  • When you have something to fight for…

    When you have a purpose to do something it feels like you are not afraid of doing things that are out of the ordinary. It is similar to when you have anxiety, that anxiety stops you from doing something because you do not have a reason to fight for the cause. But when you have a reason to do something, that is to help out the society, you will not feel like an anxiety within you like social pressure. For example collecting bottles have a stigma attached to it, like homeless people collect them. But when you have a reason for yourself like collecting cans and bottles is helping the environment stay clean and also helps them from going into landfills to be used as recycling, you will not feel that pressure.

    Maybe when you are first starting that is out of the ordinary… But when you find a reason within you… You will have an excuse for yourself.

    This goes for other areas of life and the actions you take.

    For a reason!

  • Don’t put your eggs in one basket

    What it stands for:
    Different types of projects and sources to do

    This comes in terms of income, if you put too much of your time in one thing, it may or not work out. It is best to have another source whether you make money or not.

    In the past I kept focusing on the stock market (Penny stocks) all day in business hours when it opened. So what I would do is refresh the page every 10 seconds to see if it goes up or not. It drove me crazy, because I kept focusing on the price of the stock. It made me inpatient as I had nothing better to do as I was sitting in the office in my full time job just to get that little hit of dopamine. Eventually it did drive me to the mental hospital which my first time experience was not a good one. Best to avoid going there as a patient.

    Right now, I am more focused on finding different types of work in different places while writing blogs in my travel journey from there to here or something. I do have other things going on… I will probably share more in later blogs when I have my mind straighter.

  • Respecting your work

    I think when you do things properly and it goes the way it is planned, it would feel a sense of accomplishment. Whether you are cleaning a dirty house then you tidy up the place and the place is more spotless. It may not go as planned but it is cleaner and you will probably do minor adjustments to the place.

    When it looks like you want it to, the personality of the place would change and your mind would feel at home or at ease.

    Even when you are cleaning someone else’s place, you are helping them free up their mental space because when there is too much clutter their mind races and they do not know what to do. That is when you come in to tidy up the place and when the place is clean, the other party “Thanks” you for completing their inaction to their place. Also this helps them with their mental health as their minds will not be running around in circles for their inaction. It is understandable that they feel not actionable to tidy up the place.

    Respecting peoples place will create less drama therefore less stress to all parties involved.

    I feel like the word “Respect” means listening to another person’s tasks or feelings.

  • We cannot have everything

    What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable?

    We can all attain something, that is our mission, values and purpose. But that journey is endless. Our society is always changing so once we finish a project, then we move on to another project and so on.

    But as for physical items, we cannot obtain everything because that would break our bank and also too much storage.

    I think having it all is more about being fulfilled emotionally so maybe that is where psycho therapy comes in. If the therapy is implemented more, the mental health crisis would be more balanced instead of being overloaded in our society.

    So my mission is more about a cleaner environment, servicing people for a better mental health for others.

  • Coping mechanisms…

    We all have copes, for example like hobbies or addictions. If we have an unhealthy habit it is best to try to avoid it. But if you cannot then slow it down. I know it is easier said than done but try to feel the difference between when you have consumed it and unconsumed it as long as it does not break the bank. We need money to look after ourselves.

    If having hobbies does not break the bank and makes you feel good in the moment, go for it! It supports businesses and the local community around it. That is the role we play in society, that is to build and try to make the surroundings prosper.

    But somehow we do need to look after our physical health, so… I am a vaper which I should stop but it helps me cope with these anti psychotics I am on while trying to work out what to do in the future or presently.

    I do compare differences when consuming and not consuming, I just weigh the benefits and cons, but my focus is geared towards the more purposeful side.

    Struggling but focusing at the same time “memes”

  • Talking to a variety of people

    Who would you like to talk to soon?

    I think talking to everyone broadens your experience. It doesn’t mean you should talk to them forever but when you meet different people just having a chit chat, everyone has different experiences. Like I said there are 7 billion worlds out there and 7 billion perspectives of life.

    Even those with mental health issues, they still do have an experience of their life, their own life experiences. So I like to travel around for work, meet different people and work with them and say what they do and tell them what I do. Everyone I meet has a different vibe so it could rub off against you and it could shape your personality or energy.

    Different environments or people, different experiences or perspectives

  • Trying to find work

    Opportunities are everywhere if you are willing to offer your help. It is best to do it at any price as long as you make something in addition to your travel journey fee it is good enough while trying to build something.

    So when you are stuck and not knowing what to do. Maybe you should shallow your pride and do a low offer in something to try to build your reputation up.

    I am referring to people that want to be in the self employed space.

    But hey… If you are lucky, higher offers than what the customer or employer is offering them that is a plus!

    So what I am trying to do is get people to be their own boss, where I pay them in a job while I get a tiny commission. It is like work when they want and when they feel like it because we do get bored when we have nothing to do anyways.

    Turning inaction to action

  • Emotionally belongings

    What personal belongings do you hold most dear?

    I own something that is non tangible, that is a personality I have. It cannot be owned by another person but it is filled with purpose.

    I have a purpose to make the world a better place where everything and everyone around me thrives. I do have personal collections like Pokemon cards or precious metals, but what holds dearly to me is my personality.

    My personality never gives up on me when I am down and I do hold on to it.

    If my personality makes another person feel safe emotionally or my presence then I will feel fulfilled with a bit of a healthy dopamine spike.

    I do have some unhealthy habits but I do need to work on them but it is the drive and determination that keeps me going to make the community or society a better place than what it was the day before. Everyone has that role to play because it is all in the mind and how you think.

    Feel the love everywhere and be curious about peoples stories

  • Life is an adventure

    No matter how you are suffering don’t give up. It is easier to say than it is but what you are going through is a process to make you stronger or become successful later in the future. There is no path to what is successful but living in the present helped to slow things down in the mind without thinking too much about the future.

    I find it best just walking around the neighbourhood, just observing the environment how I could solve a problem which people need.  When you solve a problem, money will come to you whether you do the work.

    I have been in the psychiatric ward for a few times and it made me think of life in a different perspective because the environment you are in is a dog eats dog when you are the patient usually. You may encounter bullies there, who like to bully innocent people who try to mentally break you sending you into a worse state. Or? Maybe they are just not right in the mind.

    For those that have empathy or compassion, we could change their way of thinking (If we can) to contribute to society instead of taking advantage of benefits. I am not saying people who get benefits are lazy, they truly need them but some people like to take advantage instead of doing something meaningful.

    Going to random places expands your horizons