sane and happy

In a cry for help, I scheduled my annual wellness check with a physician on Monday, knowing fully well that I’ve been feeling absolutely obliterated lately.

Aside from blandly going over my normal vitals, my physician encouraged me to exercise at least 150 minutes per week and journal every night before bed. She said the routine could help me with whatever I’m going through. I’m struggling to find the motivation to exercise beyond my weekly 45 minute yoga class, but I figured I could try journalling and make it more of a habit.
The last two nights I journaled in my diary and left small goals for myself to achieve the following day. My goal for yesterday was to go to High Low (my favorite local cafe) to be productive, which I happily accomplished. My goal for today was to start journaling on this website and to finish my week of linguistics lectures on Coursera (yay).

I think setting small achievable goals for myself both gives me a reason to get up the next morning and to go to bed feeling like I accomplished something that day. In a broader sense, all of the little goals that help me get through each day will add up to the larger things that will make me happy in life. It makes me think really critically about the next five to ten years and where I see myself at my most sane and happy.