Maintaining health and wellness is a crucial task for us all as we take-on and conquer the trials of the everyday grind. Providing tools for this health is something Scojo proudly offers. Here, our reader and BluLite collections provide our customers with a literal clear vision of the world around them. But as life deals us unprecedented challenges, especially as of late, it is crucial to acknowledge and reevaluate the true meaning of “gaining a clearer vision.” Scojo recognizes the challenges we face and supports the universal task of maintaining our mental health. We are in this life long task together.
Finding a Clear Vision
A clear vision of our individual worlds depends on gaining a healthy perspective of the priorities, challenges and unknown factors in our life. These things naturally accumulate throughout our growth as humans and can be agitated even more by outside forces we cannot control. COVID-19 and the wake of disruption it continually leaves behind has created an underlying feeling of fear and unknown. No matter the daily challenges we face, this uncontrolled force amplifies the daily struggles we may experience. Here, it is even more crucial to take some steps to ground ourselves and to start seeing more clearly:
1. One Thing at a time
Especially now, it is easy to become mentally fatigued by the whirlwind of challenges we face. Often overwhelming feelings become seemingly impossible to manage when they get all clumped into one giant “thought monster”. This habit can transform normally manageable tasks into a daunting daily puzzle that often goes unsolved. Take some time, find your breath, and begin to prioritize the tasks in front of you. Once laid out and looked at objectively, these now organized thoughts become much more manageable and sometimes even enjoyable to accomplish.
2. Remember to Love
Our social atmospheres are a pillar of our mental health and wellness. They often serve as our solid ground at the end of a “bad day” or down mood. Here, it is clear that spending this time with our friends, family, and loved ones is vastly important to our overall happiness. As we have experienced with the social restrictions of COVID-19 though, this physical social interaction should not be taken for granted as it can be taken away in the blink of an eye. In these times when we cannot share our space with loved ones, take the time to really appreciate who they are as important figures in our life. This practice can enhance our love for those we care about and can give us a much greater appreciation for their presence when we are finally able to see them in person again.
3. Creating a healthy space
The environment we spend our isolated days in should be one that cultivates positive energy, thoughts and habits. Our spaces should be ones that stimulate our senses with elements that keep us grounded, calm and content.
Open the windows: Simply getting fresh air and feeling sunlight can have drastic positive benefits for our health. According to Dr. JoAnn Manson, Doctor and Harvard Professor, “there is convincing evidence that moderate sunlight exposure is capable of modulating the immune system and improving health. Sunlight and fresh air can also be critical for accurately setting our internal circadian clock, which in turn regulates sleep and waking.”
Sooth your ears: Many studies reflect that living and workspaces where calming music is playing experience much lower levels of stress and lower levels of stress and anxiety than those that have loud music or no music playing at all.” *
Check out some of these calming music playlists:
Get out and move when you can: Physical health can directly impact physical. Yes, ability to move around freely has been hindered, but get creative with how you can stay active. “Just one hour of exercise a week is related to lower levels of mood, anxiety disorders. Ten minutes of moderate of vigorous activity at a time, 15 times a week will get you this recommended amount.”
4. Remembering you are not alone
If there was only one word to describe the last few months of challenges we’ve faced as a society, it would be “isolated.” And although isolation can easily make us feel solitary, this doesn’t mean we should feel alone. Facing struggles is normal, it is okay to feel this distress and it is okay to take the time you need to feel, think and cope. The important thing is to meet that force with a mindset ready to regain health, and be eager to develop your clearer vision of now.