Creating a Positive Environment

Written By Colēgia

Our environment plays a large role in how we view the world around us. Having a space that nurtures us and helps us relax after a long day can be helpful for keeping us in a good mood. Sometimes we need to get creative to improve our space. Today we want to cover some ways to create a more positive environment and why it's worth the effort.

Making Sure It's Good For Our Health

Prioritizing our health should be a big factor when it comes to our environment. It's good to keep in mind that this is compromised of many different things such as our physical and emotional health. Two of the most basic needs we have as people are being able to eat and sleep. When either of these isn't addressed it can be much harder to do basic tasks. A great example of creating a positive environment for this is being mindful of the foods we partake in. This can be something as simple as making an active effort not to spend your time at fast food places for example. Sometimes being away from certain environments such as these can help us actively work towards better health. Having your bedroom free of clutter and distractions can also make it that much easier to focus on rest.

“Prioritizing our health should be a big factor when it comes to our environment.”

Taking Care of Our Emotions

Our emotional health is another area to consider when it comes to creating a positive environment. Ideally, we want to feel comfortable wherever we are and that can include things such as making a room relaxing. Good lighting and a bit of aromatherapy can go a long way in making a room peaceful. We can also seek out quiet places such as a cozy place around school to help us feel better. Checking in with ourselves to see how we feel is important since a positive environment can vary depending on our mood. Some days we'll want to focus on exercise to build up positive energy while on others we'll want to take some quiet time to meditate on our feelings. Both of these are valid and it's self-awareness that can help us.

“Ideally, we want to feel comfortable wherever we are”

Keeping it Productive

A good environment is a productive one. As students, we have a growing list of tasks and responsibilities to take care of. Each of these helps introduce us into the world of adulthood and many lessons are easier when we're productive. Creating a productive environment requires us to think of what we truly need and then use it in a practical manner. Having an easily accessible computer for example is crucial for our studies since it can help us with research. Likewise having a space that is easy for us to concentrate on can also be helpful. A good place to work on things would be our school library for example. This offers us a great combination of peace, quiet, and the tools needed to work on our studies. It's good to remember that our mentality is capable of making any environment work better for us since most of the time being flexible can make a world of difference.

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