How to Make Relaxation a Priority

Written By Colēgia

As students, we face many challenges throughout our academic journey. From responsibilities to maintaining relationships and keeping track of our own health, there's a lot we have to take care of! One helpful thing that can get us through this is relaxation. Today we want to talk about how to make relaxation a priority in your life.

One Step at a Time

Ambition is a great quality to have and sometimes it can make us want to take on multiple things at once. Sometimes we can juggle multiple responsibilities but other times it can leave us feeling drained. Recognizing when the latter happens is important since it can affect our health if we push ourselves too much. A good approach to this is to take things one step at a time. Making a short list of what it is you need to do is good because it condenses all the necessary things on it. Taking it a step further we need to also allow our minds to focus on the first part of whatever it is we need to do. This can keep us in the present and mindful of the task at hand. Being able to relax is more than just not having much to do, it's about mentally clearing space to give yourself the chance to rest.

“Ambition is a great quality to have and sometimes it can make us want to take on multiple things at once.”

Make Time to Rest

Rest is important because it gives us the means to recover after a long day. Physical exercise is a good example of this since there eventually comes a point where our bodies will shut down without rest. This is a very clear sign that it's something we need to take seriously and little things such as breaks can help us with that. We can opt to set aside a certain amount of time after doing enough studying to give us a reprieve. This can help our minds relax and then we can get back into things when we feel refreshed. We can also opt to stop doing things at a certain time of the day so we can distinguish when it is we need to work, and when we need to rest. These sorts of boundaries can make it easier for us to focus on rest since we need the energy from it to perform our best.

“Rest is important because it gives us the means to recover after a long day.”

Recognize That Your Health Matters

Our health along with our time are two of the most important things we need to account for in our lives. Health determines how well we feel along with the energy we have to do the things we care about. Relaxation is a form of self-care that can relieve stress and help calm ourselves down. Meditation is one type of this that can slow down our thoughts and ease our minds. Our hobbies can also help with this too since a good hobby makes us feel better after doing it. Relaxation gives us time to truly reconnect with the things and people that make us happy, it's simply a matter of taking the time to do it.

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