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Morning Hydration & Night Time Screen Time

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What part of your routine do you always try to skip if you can?

It’s been a while…..

Um let’s see…. My routine has been on the down low couple of weeks two months since a depressing time.I’m trying to keep up my routine and be consistent.

But some things I would try to skip if I can is the morning hydration.

I know it’s good for people to drink water for straight in the morning because they’ve been dehydrated every time they sleep for over 6 to 8 hours, but the feeling in my mouth, when I wake up and put water to drink, just feels weird.

Why shouldn’t I rather skip it and drink some water, when I eat breakfast.

It makes more sense.

Plus there are different drinks and entities to put into water that helps that I get confused about.

Some say drinking bone broth or chicken broth in the morning helps with gut health.S ome say drinking lemon water and salt.

Some say drinking lemon water and ginger and some say even drinking hot water in the morning helps. So I get confused what works out for me.

It’s hard to pull out bad habits in the nighttime, especially when you like binge watching your favorite shows and watching a cool show in the nighttime where it’s mystery. Or you get excited or you get pumped, but I know that’s a bad habit.

Or like scrolling through youtube, shorts or Tiktok or Instagram reels?

Just to see all the funny cool.And interesting stuff out in the world, even though it’s bad for your brain.

And it’s really hard to lose get rid of.  So I kind of skipped the calming night routine of trying to do the simplest things with just dopamine ruled stuff and slots of screen time which I gotta quit soon.

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No Need to Be Perfect or Control

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Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.

As a kid, I wouldn’t say I was too pressured.

But I did not get the grades in the subjects that my parents approved of….

There would be harsh and negative judgment and that caused me to put so much pressure and be hard and critical in my own self-reflection.

So much so, when I got a bad grade like a C or B- in grade school to college. I would cry for an hour and say such horrible things to myself. I would want to control the outcome and when things didn’t go my way, it would feel like the end of my life.

Like…I’m so stupid, Why can’t I get this right, I have no brain 😔

The instant experience or action that led to a change was in 2024. When I was depressed for a couple after I failed a big exam and others passed. I put such a comparison and felt stupid because it was a familiar subject and I couldn’t remember from college after the pandemic.

Then my brother told me to take a trip for my self-care and get into a new environment and erase everything and live in the moment.

So I did, it was the best decision. It was like a refresh and when I got back home. I googled what I can listen to for self-care and change. Because I was not in a good state of mind, I decided to focus and start a lifestyle journey that I am still continuing.

My first 2 podcasts that helped me so much even today.

  • Mel Robbins
  • Jay Shetty

2 Quotes that helped change my thought process and still help me today.

I may not be perfect, but I am worthy – Mel Robbins

Mel Robbins discusses in her podcasts, in a lot of episodes that chasing perfection is a trap that prevents true progress and acceptance of oneself. 

I took that into account because I am a people pleaser and it was for other people I needed to be perfect, and set an amazing standard that I didn’t accept myself, no one can be good or excel at everything.

The externals will never be perfect, and the goal isn’t perfection. Life is not going to go your way. You have to go your way and take life with you. Understanding this will help you be prepared for whatever may come – Jay Shetty

After hearing that on many of his podcasts episodes with experts I psychology and human behavior.

I really sat with myself. Everyone’s life has its ups and downs and you cannot control everything in life, you can only control yourself, your actions, and make yourself happy.

I am still reminding myself because as I go through the stressful and bad times, I forget. So I just write it down and remind myself what I can control and grateful for.