Watapple Mental Health Education Wellness

Tag: self-improvement

  • Finding opportunities…

    In society we think we cannot find work or something to do but one valuable skill is to be an all rounder.

    This includes being a cleaner, kitchen hand or working in the office. There are endless opportunities if you are willing to learn. Personality cannot be trained but skills can be trained.

    If you have a lot of experiences into industries, you will find endless opportunities if you put yourself out there. Maybe after you leave school it is harder, but once you get the skills up and running, it will be easier to find opportunities out into the community.

    I find it is best not to leave your eggs in one basket. We humans are always made to improve and are looking for something to do. If we do nothing during the day our minds think of nonsense which in turn affects our mental health.

    My project is trying to bring people struggling with mental health over into working service based jobs as there is a big stigma attached to them while also helping with their investments based on their risk. It doesn’t matter if the money is not a lot per hour but you will be getting valuable skills into the future.

    That is why when you are young it is best to invest in yourself, while making mistakes in the process when important personal responsibilities are limited.

    Careful how you plan out your responsibilities

  • Fear is our enemy

    We should not fear what comes out of peoples mouths/words if it does not affect your life.

    I guess if we fear our mental health will be hi jacked and it will end in an endless cycle of depression or anxiety. We should fear that we are not taking action to make the world a better place. The actions we take should be finding a job or some money method so we contribute to our surroundings making the other person feel like they are looked after.

    If we fear what the higher ups are saying, we tend to inaction our minds, which tends to make us overthink and who knows… Destruction??

    We do need to be cautious at times, because everyone needs to look after ourselves, but we should try to encourage everyone around us to be happy and to be in their normal thinking state.

    But probably everyone has their own perspectives on things.

    Feel the love

  • Doing something worthy of your time

    In the past I have been focusing on making money by trying to give my time. But I noticed, I was not happy with what I was doing because it felt repetitive. It had no purpose and meaning in what I was doing. It was going in the same place day in and day out.

    What I like to do is go to different places while making some money, it is not a lot like previously but it feels like what I am doing has some meaning.

    I also felt like my mental health was declining so I kind of had to do what I wanted to do.

    I guess, try to figure out a way to make money work for me. I think I am going on the right path at the moment but everything in life is a gamble anyways. Working between odd jobs where I get the freedom to be my own boss is meaningful to me.

    What I am trying to do is get my brand out there, just fulfilling my childhood dreams because you never lose it until you lose it even if you struggle at first, but the path will be worth it.

    Trying to be free from the chains of society

  • Different environment, different emotions

    When I go to different places, it is a vibe I get. Sometimes it is more relaxing and sometimes it is not. Maybe when we are in congested areas we feel it is more stressful, while the opposite is more relaxed and chill.

    If we hang around a more stressful area, we tend to get more stressed or we somehow get this migraine in our head. While we see greens when we go to the environment our mind stays peaceful.

    I think our human mind finds nature like trees or grass peaceful and relaxing for us. If we are in the city where there is a lack of trees our minds tend to race.

    Even with how the environment is portrayed our emotions react to the environment around us.

    I think we humans are naturally adaptive whether it goes positively or negatively.

    The world that we live in that is natural is always best

  • Me and my project

    How do you balance work and home life?

    Balancing is hard… It is what got me into the mental health ward by overworking. Then the pills that made me even worse.

    I am trying to rebuild what I have started but I think I am getting there.

    I have gone an extra route to mental health because I see issues that need to be solved. Maybe in time I will volunteer or work for a community based business.

    I think everything is community based but what I am trying to achieve is to make everyone feel good about themselves, even when they do  not look good on paper but mostly inside a person’s psyche.

    In this platform I would like to contribute my thoughts and experiences in one hoping it will help everyone in general to have something to talk about or give away their priceless knowledge.

    In terms of balancing… I find that humans are mostly made to work or do something or else we fall into anxiety or depression.

    Layers of my thoughts

  • Adapting

    What sacrifices have you made in life?

    While I had an almost comfortable living, I tried to make myself uncomfortable by taking cold showers and learning as much as I can in my early 20s because your 20s are still young. Cold showers have health benefits. The main thing about cold showers is learning to be comfortable by being uncomfortable is what trains you as well.

    There are about 40 more years to live freely at this stage, could increase as innovation makes place depending on how fast it takes place.

    So that is why I am buying and collecting anything copper as it is a technology innovation tool. The better mental health we have the more technical advances we make. Right now in this day and age, we are relying on technology year by year.

    I think what is best for mental health is using technology as a way to further your well being and also for convenience.

    I think what sacrifices you make most of the time is how you learn and adapt to the situation because everyone is different.

    Looking for ways to be outside of the box

  • Start with the little things

    Compound effect of taking action

    Only when you are doing something like a project or being out and about will satisfy you. It does to me because when I treat myself after something I have done, it feels rewarding just like feeling like a child.

    If you are doing nothing then having a snack does not feel rewarding because what I find is when I am hungry or stave a bit, every little consumption feels rewarding. You will also feel depressed or a bit down when you have no tasks during the day but… That builds up everyday when you are not doing anything for your goals.

    If you have nothing to start with, something as little as getting a gym membership and building your body up then probably think what you should do when the goal is fulfilled. I mean also in business sense, the more visitors or income it gets, the local community thrives with your gym payments. This is something to think about as well. It is like you are contributing to society 2x from what you have started.

  • Being independent

    What does freedom mean to you?

    What I want to do is be free to do what I want to pursue. It is to make everyone and everybody free to talk about their mental health, whether it is anxiety or depression.

    I think both men and women have a hard time talking about their labels because of their reputation. But there shouldn’t be any judgement on our part when we listen or lend a hand to those with mental health issues. Even the person listening could be suffering and just looking for some reassurance.

    I sometimes do struggle with mental health because it is not the way it is planned, when I have made a goal but the goal can be left to my future me.

    I define freedom as being of a service to other people or helping out another fellow person while I receive emotional or physical presence.

    We should all strive to be of a service whether you are independent or not.

    Priority to be of a service

  • Money for something

    Theres a lot of opinions about this. In Australia a lot of people prefer to do nothing on the day than to work for less than minimum wage 

    My thinking is… If you have nothing to do on the day, why not just do something, at least it covers more than enough for transport to get to the destination. But I guess if you are building something maybe it is best to take it easy.

    But anyways, it is better than nothing while you look for something better. I use the platform called Airtasker, just some odd jobs here and there but I guess it is better than nothing.

    We humans are hardwired to seek out to do something  but if you just sit at home all day, you are just going to get depressed. I have done this before.

    This is my thoughts.

  • What we consume affects our mental health

    In this age of the internet, the internet is filled with endless entertainment. But that comes with a price.

    We have to selectively choose what we consume, but what we consume is saying how should we know!

    I did write something about how we should consistently improve ourselves to get that satisfaction. Like a dopamine rush if you say!

    Porn is an artificial dopamine rush whether achievements are more of a natural rush. It’s like comparing an achievement to conquering a quest or something.

    Why porn? Porn hi-jacks your brain like a drug addict over simulating your brain to the point it destroys itself slowly which could take months to recover.

    Theres this book called “Your brain on porn”

    They give their experimental/research on how it affects our mental health without us realising because its just visual (I’m a victim of this).

    As for mental health, be the best version of yourself you can be even when you are on porn.