This post is really a post for your mental health!
What have you done recently to relieve stress?
The world we live in is often focused on accomplishments, getting it done, cramming it all in. As people become overwhelmed they push back and want “me” time, free from obligations or responsibilities.
I’ve found that when life gets hectic and I need a break there are two things that help. One is exercise – a form of stress relief that helps to maintain my overall health (and one I need to employ much more often). The second is one that not only helps me refocus and unwind but also helps me to connect with others- stamping, scrap booking or just in general being crafty. If I’m thinking about someone in particular, I might make the person a card. Sometimes I just want to try out a new technique or use a new product or stamp set. In that case, I’ll usually decide later to send it to someone I haven’t touched base with in a while. When I’m scrap booking, I always share my project with the subjects of the album(typically my family). We laugh over the photos and remember special events and just that pause in the daily grind to look at the pictures allows us to reconnect.
I hope that, even though it is summer and some of you are in the midst of relaxing and reconnecting, you will take time to relieve stress as we begin to wind back up with the beginning of fall and the busyness of school (for some) rapidly approaches.
Here are some of my recent stress relief projects:
