I’ve Been Struggling...

What to do when you’re not doing well

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Wisdom Made Easy
May 27, 2023

Hello 4,716 friends, it’s Michael here!

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I want to come clean about my recent mental health and reflect on the ingredients of a healthy mindset, but first I want to thank you all for your feedback in last week’s polls!

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Today’s newsletter was originally going to be about the topic of home and belonging, but I’ll save that for next week.

Instead, I felt the need to be honest with you all: I haven’t been doing well over the last week.

In fact, my mental health has been a little wobbly over the last few weeks.

The main reason for this is the stress of my wife and I buying our first house, but it’s helped me to reaffirm something very important.

🌿 Healthy Habits Makes for a Healthy Mindset

This isn’t necessarily a new revelation.

In fact, I first shared a visual on this topic back in July 2022. Here’s an updated redesign of it:

It’s simple really: to flourish and grow into the the best version of yourself, you need to have the right foundations.

I have not had the healthiest mindset over the last few weeks because I haven’t had the healthiest habits; my roots haven’t been deep or in the right place.

I know that to be at my healthiest, I need:

  • 😴 Enough Sleep - This is typically 8 hours per night

  • 🥦 Balanced Diet - More vegetables, less fizzy drinks

  • 🏃‍♂️ Exercise - For me this is running (painting and laying laminate flooring doesn’t count)

  • 🌲 Time Outside - Preferably in the sun, but I’ll take the rain over no time outside

  • 📝 Journaling - An opportunity to scribble through the things that I am experiencing each day

  • 🙏 Faith - This means time in prayer, worshipping and with my church

  • 🫂 Relationships - Meaningful connections with those that I love

Out of all of the above, it’s only the latter two that I’ve truly engaged with over the past few weeks, and my mental wellbeing has suffered!

Fortunately, having gone through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and recognising the value of vulnerability, I’ve been able to share my mental wobbles with those that are closest with me.

So instead of wafflin’ on like I usually do in these issues, I’m going to sign-off now and go for a run outside to add a couple of these things back into my life.

But before I do, I encourage you to reflect on what are the things that you need to have a healthy mindset?

And if you need someone to talk to, feel free to respond to this email. You are not alone. 🤍

✍️ Journal Prompts

• What are the foundations of you having a healthy mindset?
• Do you feel like you currently have a healthy mindset?
• What things do you need to grow and flourish?

Consider journaling through the above questions yourself.

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Thanks,
Michael and Zac!