Category: Cooperative Extension
Time to Check-in
December 02, 2024 Written by Fontella Taylor-Martin, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development Grant Manager
As we approach the holidays and come to grips with closing yet another year, it is critical to check in with ourselves and reset our mental health.
This time of year, daily tasks are potentially stressful and overwhelming. From the chaos of shopping, cooking, and baking; to the stress of travel, decorating, and spending time with friends and family – we can become exhausted just thinking about our pending list of responsibilities.
Author and CEO Nick Ortner provides a comprehensive list of positive statements in “The Tapping Solution” (2013) to provoke his readers to check in with their mental health. An excerpt from the book is as follows:
You are free to breathe and just be right here and right now.
How you feel right now will not be how you feel forever. This is just a small moment in a much bigger story.
You are not a failure, even if things don’t go perfectly and you don’t achieve perfection.
You have not missed out on what was meant for you. There is so much more beauty to come, even if you can’t predict it.
It is okay if it takes time. You can trust the process and allow things to unfold at their own pace.
You have done hard things in the past, and you can do them again.
You have permission to do whatever you need to do to nurture yourself today.
What you do today is enough. You are doing a great job.
You are whole and worthy, exactly as you are right here at this moment.
You are not alone, and you are so, so loved.
Take time to tap in and check in this holiday season, your mental health is deserving!