Your diet isn’t only what you eat
I woke up today in a bad mood. I know - waking up in a bad mood during a global pandemic is very trendy as of late but as most of you probably can relate, I couldn’t help it. Navigating this pandemic and a seemingly never ending lockdown has been difficult but it is not in my nature to look at the glass half empty.
With any hurdle in my life, my first thought is “Well, this has to be happening for a reason, right?” and this past year of 2020 has been no different. This pandemic’s currency is time. It seems almost ironic that this sickness has cut some people’s time devastatingly too short while the rest of the world now has more time than they know what to do with. I luckily have been able to categorize myself in the second group. My life has slowed down and I have been given the time to look inward and get to know myself better than ever before.
2019 me would have woken up in a bad mood and stayed in it. Beat myself up, wallowed in it all damn day. I would have shrugged my shoulders and said something along the lines of “Try again tomorrow”.
Now, I dig deeper. I acknowledge my bad mood, I figure out why I feel this way, and then I actively try to improve it but remember not to beat myself up if I can’t quite get there. I remind myself that when I am physically ill, I don’t deprive myself. I nourish my body with teas, soups, popsicles, you name it - so I should do the same to my mind.
Your diet isn’t only what you eat. It’s what you watch, it’s what you listen to, what you read, and the people you surround yourself with. Be mindful of the things you put into your body emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Maybe you’ll find yourself in those bad moods far less often.
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