Mental health and work/life balance

This can be a very tricky one especially if you don't make it known that something is going on with you. We are all going to suffer from mental health problems at some point in our lives. I was diagnose with mild depression with severe anxiety which later turned out to be Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This was when I was 15 years old, yes, in high school. Nobody knew a thing. Well one person was aware that I was in therapy but didn't know about the medication I was on. Six months on it and I turned around and stopped taking the meds as I felt I could not live my life being doped up to my eyeballs day in and day out. I entered the working world on a part-time basis at the end of the same year. Nowadays I am completely medication free from anything that I suffered from then or now.

As I progressed through the working world, things would sometimes come to a head and I would suffer breakdowns and anxiety and panic attacks to the point where I had to stay home or just locked myself away in my room. It would sometimes get so bad that I would be sleeping almost all the time. It was even worse when I was sometimes unemployed and before I realised that my best option would be self-employment. That was when I started trying different things which eventually progressed to what I am doing now with the jewellery.

I am honestly glad that I did pursue the self-employment route because I am now in the best state ever. I did think back over this weekend that whenever I did any kind of motivational work of some sort I always performed much better and gained recognition without even expecting it. I remember that happening in the 7th grade. Was not expecting any kind of awards at graduation and ended up walking away with at least two big ones. Took me by absolute surprise.

I have been going a similar route lately and it is definitely having the same kind of effect and I hope the results are better than anyone would expect. So far so good. Using the nature source of motivation in the mornings definitely gets me in a good space mentally. It was absolutely beautiful this morning.

Once I'm finished enjoying all that beauty, it makes my day go alot smoother and I get alot more done throughout the day. I have been finding myself having alot more energy pulling me in the right direction especially with other motivation tools that I have been using.

This is very important in any kind of work-space. There needs to be some source of motivation between all staff and team members. Nobody wants to be walking into their work place and wishing that you would just do something crazy so as to not be dealing with all the negativity around you. This has happened to me so many times when my colleagues and or managers and sometimes both would literally be yelling at me for following instructions. It was totally crazy sometimes. It reached boiling point with my last retail manger I just could not take that anymore. My world was being ripped apart because because of his cocky, self-centred attitude and he had a big one. That was one uniform I was not sorry to see the back of.

Now my uniform is whatever I have in my wardrobe and I can mix it up any way I like, just like today's look.

Yes, the top says what you think it does. I am really at a point where I really am not bothered by your opinion of my wardrobe choices as they are mine and mine alone. They suit me and my personality and that is how I like it.

I had to make a choice to keep myself sane and the only way seems to be the route I am taking because it means that my mental health is in a good place and I can function at a level that is best for me and conducive to a positive state of mind because at the end of the day, the more positive our state of mind, the better we perform. Being able to dress like this and in different things everyday is the best feeling in the world.

It also means I can make spontaneous choices and decide when I want to do things without someone breathing down my neck waiting for me to perform a particular task. Used to grate me to no end.

We all need a positive environment of some kind in order to function and work and it is important to always keep our mental health in check and make sure that we have someone to talk to without being judged about what we are going through. It costs nothing to be kind and be a listening ear to someone going through some issues. It helps the person going through it to know that someone cares enough to make sure that you are OK.

If we could all do this in our working environments and know that we have good friends and colleagues around us, it makes things so much better and our lives can be alot more functional and productive as well as helping us to perform better at our jobs.

Just remember that the next time someone wants to start a mental health campaign of some kind at work. Support the idea and encourage it so as to end the stigma surrounding the subject. It is important now more than ever to speak out and help each other to grow as people and to lend a voice to allow for more engagement and conversation about it.

Until we meet again, se y'all soon

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