It's that time of year again. You know the one, when bank account balances deplete, car batteries die, friends and families gather together, delicious meals are created, gifts are given, and depression and anxiety increase. All of these things individually are enough to drive a person crazy. Put them all together however, and you get the Holiday-daze or as I like to call it, the holi-daze. The magical time of year when some sort of holiday celebration seems to occur around every corner. What has come to be known as the most wonderful time of year can be for some the exact opposite. While little George and Sarah are nestled all snug in their beds, Fred and Molly and struggling to get through finals, make ends meet, and ultimate uncover the joy that so many speak about from Thanksgiving to New Year. Trust me when I say that the Winter Blues are a completely real thing. In fact, scientists say that it is due in part to the fact that most people spend a lot of the winter months indoors. Thereby limiting the amount of sun light they are exposed to on a daily basis, effectively lowering their vitamin D levels. All of this can lead to very real feeling of depression. Because while we think of vitamin D as a vitamin it is actually a hormone. Hormonal imbalances reek all kind of havoc in the body. So, when the winter blues hits you strong try to get outside more. Or during the winter months, talk with your doctor and discuss taking vitamin D supplements. The time between November and January pass in a blurry haze as everyone scrambles to prepare for one event or another. If you find yourself experiencing an extreme case of the Holi-Daze my advice, focus on what is really important to you this holiday season. Whether that be your religious beliefs, spending time with family, or giving back to your community. The Holi-Daze can be beaten. There is no reason why anyone should spend the most wonderful time of year in a daze. Tomorrows Blog Post will be 10 ways to beat the Winter Blues. XOXO, Hunter
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I keep waiting for that epiphany about the future that I'm always hearing about. You know, that moment that everything is supposed to just make sense and fall into place. Well, here I am, almost 20 and nothing. Continuing to go through the motions, go to class, and do the copious amounts of homework that coincide and still I can't seem to even begin to see the direction that this path I'm walking is going. While it is usually my goal to give everyone reading, this uplifting sense of self, today all I can really do is let you know that I'm in the same boat. Each of us is walking along this aimless path together. We see people we graduated high school with majoring in important things, starting families, and even joining the military. Others of us are majoring in undecided, have $4.00 to our names, minimum wage jobs, and are still living at home. The worst part of having absolutely no idea what you are doing isn't even that itself, its that you feel like somehow you are letting everyone else around you down. Its like our inability to make a life decision crushes the hopes and dreams family members had for us. It isn't really even fair to put that on them because it literally has nothing to do with them. Its all about us and what we want and where we want our lives to go. Undoubtedly I have made genuinely bad decisions for myself already. I will continue to do so until or unless I get a clue. About my future that is. Take it from me, going through the motions might feel pointless right now, but one day you will be glad you kept walking on the deserted path to no where. XOXO, Hunter Throughout the course of my unofficial snow day I explored a winter wonderland, indulged in copious amounts of warm beverages, made some impeccable soup, and dove into an alternate universe of switched babies and blended families. As magical as it was in the back of my mind I kept thinking about how I was missing lectures and work. To ease the gargantuan wave of anxiety I created a list of obtainable tasks to complete. So, for you impending snow day pleasure here is a list of fun activities to do on a snowed in day.
May your snow day be married and bright! As well as productive and mellow, in short do what you can just make sure to enjoy your day off. XOXO, Hunter P.S. I asked you guys on Twitter to leave me suggestions of what you wanted me to write about this week. So, I'm asking the same of you here, leave all suggestions in the comments down below. We've all heard the expression "when people show you who they are, believe them". We also know thats easier said then done. For when your heart and you mind conflict it leaves your body stuck in limbo. What we can't bring ourselves to realize in the moment is that our minds are the compass' that are meant to guide us home. It is our hearts that act as road blocks on the journey. Damage to the mind can be treated an dealt with. Damage to the heart leaves behind scars that effect the way you exist for the rest of time (or every other relationship you have). Each time you rely solely on your heart, you are simply adding another scar. The blood that runs through your veins is contaminated with the toxicity pumped from your heart. Toxicity that comes from the drug like affects of love. Once the contamination circulates throughout your body and reaches your brain, your entire sense of reality becomes warped. Then you begin to believe the lie your heart told your brain because of the toxic relationship that your heart was plagued with. Separating from the toxicity of a person or situation can be almost as difficult as quitting an actual drug. The process itself is very similar. Withdraw, both from a relationship of any kind and drugs effect your body physically and mentally. Difficulty sleeping, anxiety, depression, and cognitive confusion (second guessing the choice you've made) over take the body. All of which are completely normal and temporary. So are the stomach aches, the feeling of chest tightening, and dizziness. For matters of the heart effect the entire body. Luckily, if you continue to push through the pain it will all eventually dissipate. However, relapse (getting back together) only prolongs the inevitable need to start the whole process over again. When your head is saying on thing and your heart is saying another, it is okay to follow your heart, just make sure you take your brain with you. Because your brain knows when something needs to be over long before your heart catches on. Pain is horrible, but temporary. The body is designed to survive. So, even if it feels like this is going to kill you or that you will never be the same, you will come out on the other side with so much more strength then you ever even knew you held inside yourself. You deserve the very best of whatever life has to offer. Even if you could handle your situation forever, do you really want to? Screw want, do you deserve to? The first step in all of this is realizing that despite whatever you've been told you are worth changing your life for. No matter how scary it seems, you are worth risking it all for. With Sympathy, Hunter. A few months ago I posted to Facebook about a very interesting assignment I had received in my Cultural Anthropology class. We were asked to make a list of 10 things we believed were true. Thats it, thats all the direction we received. You can imagine the vast variety or responses from each individual student. I cranked out the first few items on my list with no problem. After that, it became a mind bending task that ended up taking me a considerable amount of time to complete. In our daily lives we make many decisions about what things we do that are either good or bad. I never really stopped to think about why I thought those things however. In doing this assignment I ended up creating a sort of personal declaration of what it means to me to be a good human. I found myself wishing I had made a list like this so much sooner in my life. Right there in black and white I had created a list around which I should really be living my life. If I believe all of those things, completely and truly in my heart, then I should be living a life that reflects that. If I'm faced with a question I can now look at this list and evaluate if I really find a value in whatever conundrum I'm in. Below is the list of 10 things I believe in...
In making this list I not only saw a reflection of my own values, but I saw a reflection of my family. I know exactly why I believe these things, and who taught them too me. I love that I can see the love instilled from my family into me and the time and dedication they gave into sculpting me into who I am today. I highly encourage you to make this list for yourself. Physically write it down so you can see your beliefs right in front of your face. It's a truly eye opening experience. XOXO, Hunter |
Hunter FergusonHolding her Associates of Arts in Political Science, Implementing Beneficial Community Project, and having Led a Student Collaboration team at her college of attendance- Hunter chooses to blog about the world around her as well as her personal experiences in hopes of creating a Powerful group of like-minded people. Archives
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