15 Things To Do To Drastically Improve Your Mental Health

In order for us to achieve our mental health goals we have to learn to set them effectively. Sometimes, it’s so much easier to just set goals right away without really reflecting on them and thinking about the steps that we need to take to achieve them.

We dive right into it and just push and pressure ourselves to meet those goals right away without realizing that doing that just completely defeats the purpose. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made this mistake.

I will share with you the steps I took that have made achieving my mental health goals easier and a little less daunting. These steps made it easier for me to stick with it and motivated me to keep going.

Reflect

Before setting mental health goals, allowing yourself to sit and reflect on your needs is crucial.

I know sometimes we think that it’s so much easier to just keep pretending like nothing is wrong, instead of actually facing how we really feel but if we keep running away, we will only be stuck unhappy and unable to move forward.

We have to have the courage to ask ourselves the hard questions, reflect on our current mental state and be honest about what areas we need to improve on.

Identify The Actions That You Need To Take

For you to move forward and start achieving your mental health goals, you must first identify what steps you need to take to achieve those goals.

Remember to be very specific with each step. Don’t be afraid to break down big tasks into smaller ones.

Take It One At A Time

Now, this is probably one of the most important things you can do to help you achieve your mental health goals.

You are going through a big change in your life by taking this journey and it’s so easy to be overwhelmed with everything that you have to do, and all the changes that you have made.

That’s why it’s so important to remember that there is nothing wrong with taking it one step at a time. Focus on one or two tasks and if you feel like you can take on more then you can add to it.

Just remember that you don’t always have to make big changes and take huge leaps. Sometimes what matters is the small steps that you choose to take even on those dark days.

Be Realistic

It’s important when setting your mental health goals to be realistic about the timelines of achieving your goals. Make sure to identify what challenges or obstacles you may face while achieving this goal.

And along the way, if you feel like the current timeline that you have set for a specific goal is not enough, don’t be afraid to adjust it. Doing that is not going to make you a failure.

On the contrary, recognizing your shortcomings and learning to be flexible and adapt is growth and personal improvement. So, you are definitely a step in the right direction.

15 Mental Health Goals Examples

1. Meditate

I have always been a skeptic when it comes to the benefits of meditation. I had always assumed that sitting still with a million different anxious thoughts with me was probably one of the worst things that I can do.

I have always believed that meditation was about emptying your mind which I know was never possible for me. But I was wrong.

Meditation is not about emptying your mind. It is about learning to sit with your thoughts, allowing them to come without letting yourself be swept away by them.

Meditating has been tremendously helpful in improving my mental health. There’s no denying that when I started doing it, I found it challenging and difficult to just sit there for a period of time but the more that you do it, the easier that it gets.

The key is to be consistent and to do it every single day. Try doing it for 15-20 minutes for the next 30 days and you’ll definitely be surprised by the positive changes in your mood and mental health.

2. Don’t Be Afraid To Feel

How many times have you chosen to bottle up all your emotions and just keep pretending to be okay?

I can’t even begin to tell you the number of times I have chosen to do that. I have always been guilty of choosing to run away from what I feel and just keep living in my very own bubble of denial pretending that I’m perfectly happy.

At that moment, I thought that running away from what I was truly feeling and going through was the best thing that I can do. But it was the complete opposite, I didn’t realize how negatively it had impacted my mental health and true happiness.

Keeping our emotions bottled up won’t make them go away. By choosing not to feel I was actually keeping myself stuck and unable to move forward.

Being vulnerable will never be a sign of weakness and failure. I actually believe that it’s the exact opposite. Choosing to feel all our emotions take great courage and strength.

Letting ourselves feel is possibly the best thing that we can do to finally heal and let go of that pain and burden that we have been carrying with us for so long.

3. Let Go Of Toxic Habits

Letting go of bad habits is crucial in helping improve our mental health that’s why it’s so important for it to be part of our mental health goals.

Take this opportunity as the perfect time to reevaluate the habits, mindsets, and even relationships that are only weighing you down and sabotaging your happiness and well-being.

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