Cliche—- “WE LIVE IN A CHAOTIC WORLD”. Alright, I knew that for so long. Out of the many trials and problems i’ve encountered with my life. But there is no point with always being so down and emotional. Wasting time mourning and crying, what the heck?! Every minute used for being sad is every minute LOST FOREVER! As for me, I used to be that person. I dwell with loneliness before and I learned many things: that it shortens life as we live with stress (I even encountered people who got PSORIASIS cause of too much stress hoarding!), stress adds years to my face, stress develops hormonal problems, it causes sleeping disorders, eating disorders, mental disorders, inferiority complexes, insecurity, moodiness.. blah blah, the list just goes on of how stress corrupts a once bubbly person into the exact opposite. I am done with those days when problems used to control me. Now, I control the problem and it feels wonderful how I set things straight with being an optimistic person again.I have some stress busters here on the list, people might find these absurd but it works for me. A LOT! :) Every person is unique, and for me, a stress buster is something so simple that we tend to overlook for larger things. Here we go:
STRESS BUSTER NUMBER 1: MAKE-UP
Yeah that’s right! When I am feeling stressed, I go to my room, clean my face and start doing my face. I experiment with different colors to put as eyeshadows, contours and many more. I feel satisfied after creating a look which make me look like someone else. But that’s definitely not the point of using make-ups. Make-ups should still reflect my personality right?! BUt the slightest tinge of another identity will surely not hurt. So girls, c’mon, start watching tutorials on youtube ( I recommend Michelle Phan(Rice Bunny), BubzBeauty(Girl on TV), Holly Ann Aeree and channels of FromHeadToToe. I also love watching the make-up hauls of an 11 year old american girl from youtube named Taylor, visit her channel: MakeUpYourWorld.
STRESS BUSTER NUMBER 2: WATCHING BARBIE MOVIES
Sounds so kiddo-ish right? But sorry guys, it really works for me. I don’t know why? Maybe there’s a logical explanation with how it works for me. Can you believe I have all the Barbie Movies on m ipod and whenever I feel down I just watch it and I feel a lot lot better! It came to me now as I am doing this and most likely, watching this kind of stuffs reminds in my heart the little girl who doesn’t much have care in the world! A little girl I once used to be whose only problem is when mom doesn’t want to but the new hollywood hair barbie or the tea set in pink and purple. Barbie movies also contains a lot of values FYI. :) Barbie will always be Barbie, the doll every girl adores! :* Try it guys.
STRESS BUSTER NUMBER 3: OUR DAILY BREAD EXPERIENCE
I’ve been reading Our Daily Bread for (1,2, 3.. counts) haha, for 6 years now. And I can’t live without it anymore. This very cheap(when it comes to price) reading material is a miracle. Whenever I have problems and I will read the assigned story for the day, it just seems to answer or relate to my present situation. I shared this with my mom and she also started to read it and found out the same things. She said, “It really is a blessing. It seems to respond to my dilemma”. Go on guys, buy a reading material that will soothe your spiritual soul. Remember, out of this life’s trials, God will always be our ONE AND ONLY SAVIOR.
STRESS BUSTER NUMBER 4: MUSIC. LALALALALA
Who doesn’t love the magic that music brings to a person? When I am some place alone, I put on my earphones and tadda, Im in my own world. So what particular music do I listen to? With all honesty, I listen to every kind of genre BUT during emo-ish moments, what lifts up my soul are those songs from known religious singing groups or soloists. Number one on my list is the BUKAS PALAD SINGERS and my favorites are their English renditions. I also love inspirational songs of Carrie Underwood (Jesus Take The Wheel), Joy Avlon’s “We Are The Reason”, Gary Valenciano’s “Lift Up Your Hands and all of the Hillsongs. Listening to these songs about the love of God for me, makes me shameful of how I expect everything to be in proper perspective at all times. What I am experiencing for example in a particular downer situation will always be NOTHING COMPARED with what Jesus went through. :)
STRESS BUSTER NUMBER 5: BOOKS
My sister used to describe me as a bookworm! Yeap! Yeap! I am. I go to a bookstore and I go nuts when I see a handful of novels from my favorite authors. I am a big fan of Mitch Albom. I really love his stories. It makes my soul enchanted with wonderful life is for people but more often than not, we oversee things. “For One More Day” is definitely a tearjerker. Chic’s story changed my life with how I live and love my parents, savoring each and every second per drop! (Hyperbole? Yeah Right!) Books with light stories about college girls flirting outrageously, going bananas for the flamb dress also goes into my criteria of a good buddy when I am down. Books will always have the power to bring me somewhere where the main character always win and the sneaky villain always lose. tatata. —,
