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65. How to survive the winter season... winter blues & tips for boosting your mood · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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Hello you guys, and welcome back to another episode of the Hawkrel Energy Podcast.
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I'm your host, Kaylie, and this is your weekly reminder that it's
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a new day, a new week, a new mindset, and another day
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if you become the Hawkrel Energy want to attract. Hello you guys, Happy
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Tuesday and happy final days of November. We are legit days away from December,
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one of my favorite months of the year, and I'm just so excited
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to just be in the holiday spirit get Christmas shopping done. I just finished
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all my Christmas decord this past weekend, so definitely make sure to follow me
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on socials if you don't. If you guys want to see the three parts
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of me decorating my entire home. It feels so freaking cozy here, It's
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insane. I'm so obsessed with my house during the holidays, like I am
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a Christmas girl, Like if I could have my Christmas to core up all
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year round, I would. I just feel my home looks so much better.
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I think everybody can agree with me on that. And I also feel
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like when January comes and I take down all the Christmas decorations, my house
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feels so empty and all I want to do is buy more decord to make
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the house feel more full. I don't know, there's just something about Christmas
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decor that just brings immediate coziness. And I really think that Christmas tree is
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something that really brings cozy vibes. Like having the Christmas tree lit in your
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living room, sitting on your sofa, curling up watching a Christmas movie like
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that is the ultimate cozy vibe, like the definition of the perfect night in
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my opinion. So I'm just so excited for December and I'm excited to see
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what's in store for me and Zach, my family. You guys all that
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it's going to be a great month. I can just feel it. But
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I wanted to give you guys a bit of a reminder. I think I
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meant this. I don't know if it was last week's episode or the following
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week, but I have decided to do vlogmis this year, but on TikTok
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and Instagram. So I am debating on doing it on Instagram as well,
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because I know there is some followers that don't follow me on TikTok or don't
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have TikTok that follow me on Instagram that would like to see that content.
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So I'm still on the fence of doing it. I will keep you guys
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posted, but I'm for sure doing it on TikTok that is one hundred percent
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happening. I will most likely be doing voiceovers a mix of like face to
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face of log style me chatting to the camera, but I would think majority
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voiceovers of just day to day things that are happening in my life, like
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me recording the podcast, you know, appointments that I go to, things
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that I do for work, literally just my life essentially evenings with Zach,
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my weekends. Like it's going to be a crazy twenty four days. So
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if you guys have never heard of logmis, typically what happens is that you
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film your life for twenty four days straight, which means I will be posting
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for twenty fourty straight until Christmas. So this is definitely not like my normal,
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like it is my normal kind of content, but it isn't. So
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I definitely feel like it's going to be fun and different, and I'm kind
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of excited for the change, and I'm excited to like really push myself to
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keep a consistent routine of filming every single day, and who knows, maybe
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in January, I can keep it going and keep the vlog style content going
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if you guys love it. So I'm really excited to see what happens in
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December, and yeah, just seeing potentially new followers, new faces, and
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hoping that you guys that are listening are following along as well. So I
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wanted to remind you guys about that, just because I think it's going to
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be really, really fun. I have a lot of exciting things happening in
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December. I'm going back to New York for a day to try on my
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wedding dress one more time and hopefully saying yes to it. That is the
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goal. And then I have hair appointments, holiday nail appointments, just a
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bunch of stuff going on, probably some stuff that Zach and I will do.
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So it's just gonna be yeah, super super fun. So I'm really
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excited to yeah, film every day for the next twenty four days. It's
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gonna be busy, and I still haven't figured out how I'm gonna manage the
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podcast with all that. I think what I'll probably do is I will probably
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have to film evening routines on the days where I will be literally spending my
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days editing and recording, just because that literally takes like, not all day,
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but half of my day, and I think it might be kind of
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boring for my vlogs to be just me sitting in a chair editing for four
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hours. But we shall see. I'm gonna figure it out in those moments.
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But I also wanted to give you guys a bit of a sneak peek
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of something that I've been planning for the past few weeks now that literally nobody
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knows about except you guys. So I am doing three days of giveaways.
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So I am going to be sharing three different giveaways on a different day,
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and I will also be doing a bonus giveaway to my podcast listeners only.
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I will be announcing a giveaway prize and all that in the next episode of
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Things that You're I Have to Do for the month of December, and I
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will be selecting two winners to win a specific prize. So I'm not going
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to tell you any more details until next week, but it just gives you
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guys a bit of a sneak peek of what is happening. I really wanted
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to keep a separate contest for my podcast listeners because I feel like You guys
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are truly my biggest support system. You guys know almost everything about me.
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We're besties, and I just feel like I need to do something for you
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guys, specifically because you guys just mean so much to me. And I'm
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still going to be also doing an Instagram and TikTok giveaway, so you can
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obviously enter both of them, it does not matter. The benefit to the
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podcast one is that it will be worldwide, whereas the Instagram one it will
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only be US and Canadian base, just because it is physical product and I
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cannot ship it all around the world. So that's why the Instagram and TikTok
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one is different than the one on the podcast, So it doesn't matter where
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you live for the contest here on the podcast, but it will matter for
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the physical products for the giveaway I will be doing on Instagram and TikTok.
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But I just want to get back to you guys because you guys mean so
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much to me. I'm so beyond grateful for you guys supporting me since either
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day one or if you're new and you have been listening to my podcast religiously,
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like, I appreciate you so much, and I just want to give
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back to my community after such an amazing year, and yeah, I just
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still can't believe we're going into twenty twenty four. I look back from January
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to now and just see so much success and so much growth in myself,
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and I'm so beyond happy with how things have turned out. You know,
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being engaged this year was obviously a huge one too, and something that I'm
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going to remember for the rest of my life. And next year is going
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to be super exciting too. You know, I'm getting married in Italy.
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That coming out of my mouth just sounds so crazy, but I'm so beyond
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grateful to have you guys in my life, and I want to make sure
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I give back to you. So yeah, that's what we're gonna be doing.
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As you guys can see by the episode title, I really wanted to
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talk about how we're going to survive this winter season, seasonal depression, winter
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blues all that. I've talked about it many times here on the podcast.
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How I do go through seasonal depression. I have been told by my doctor
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that I do have it and my therapist, so it is something that I
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have been diagnosed with. I am fully okay with it. It is what
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it is. It is the reality. I would love to say I just
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want to move to another place for four months and then come back home for
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the rest of the year, but financially that is just not possible. So
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I have found ways to help me cope through my seasonal depression. And know
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that a lot of these things are very easy for you to do the colder
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months. Just the gloominess all that, it is what it is, and
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it is the reality. And I'm sure I'm not alone here. I'm sure
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there is a lot of you guys that might be going through the same thing,
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and know that you are not alone and that it is okay to go
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through times like that. So you know, not everybody's mental health is going
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to be okay during this time. But I want to share some things that
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I have done to help me through my difficult time during the winter season,
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and just things that make me happy, things that really help me boost my
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mood and just overall improve my mood. So starting off with a routine.
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You guys know how much I talk about how important it is to have a
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routine, creating a small, little step by step thing for yourself every single
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morning or every single night, whatever works for you. You guys know,
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for me, I am a morning person. So for me, I like
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to have a step by step routine that I go through every single morning.
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I would say during the colder months, I do kind of adapt to a
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different type of routine. It's still very much the same and consistent, but
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I would say I do change it up for the colder months. Like in
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the summer, I typically wake up, do a workout, have my breakfast,
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I'll usually go on a long walk with Freddy for about thirty minutes or
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sometimes an hour, you know, make a coffee, do my journaling,
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whatever. Whereas in the winter, I wouldn't say I'm very consistent with my
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walking. I'm not gonna lie. I'm gonna be fully transparent here. I
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hate walking in the freezing cold. It's just literally to me, it's the
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most like uncomfortable thing ever and I just don't enjoy it. And so for
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the colder months, I do switch up my routine a bit because I would
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prefer to walk in the afternoon, where it's essentially the warmest part of the
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day, versus walking in the morning. So instead I usually wake up early.
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I usually put a sweater on, socks on, and slippers on.
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I know that's very specific, but I need to have those things on my
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body before I leave my bedroom because I get so cold, and my house
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is at a normal temperature. I just feel like, for some reason,
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whenever I wake up, I'm so cold and all I want to do is
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just be cozy. I want to be comfortable. So I make sure that
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I have my slippers, my socks, and my sweater on. Come downstairs,
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and usually I will turn on the Christmas lights. We're being specific for
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right now, this is what I'm doing. And then usually I will do
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a workout. If it is a workout day. I usually have a pretty
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consistent workout schedule, but I would say it's like on and off each day.
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So like I work out one day, I don't work out the next
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day, I work out the next day, I don't work out the next
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day. So I would say, right now, I'm consistently working out for
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four days a week, and that's just something I've been happy with, very
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comfortable with that. That just works for me. So on my days off
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where I'm not working out, I'm usually making breakfast, doing my journaling,
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answering emails, my coffee, all that. If it is a workout day.
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I'll typically turn on my Christmas lights, do a Pilates workout or some
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type of workout at home, or go to spin co, make some breakfast,
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the same thing, journaling, emails, coffee, all that. So
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that's kind of my consistent routine right now. But I've changed it up more
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so in terms of, you know, the walking thing. Usually i would
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walk super early in the morning with Freddy for a longer period of time,
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but now I've adapted it to a later part of the day. So so
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that's just kind of something that I've adapted to for the colder months. But
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being consistent with a routine, I feel like it has helped me mentally because
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it's something I look forward to every single day. I know I'm doing this
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routine to better myself, and it makes me feel good doing it. So
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being consistent with a routine really does make a huge difference in your mindset and
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your mental health and all that. So it's just strongly something I believe in.
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If you're someone that doesn't have a routine, I think it's really important
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to gradually try and create one for yourself because, as I said, it
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just keeps you staying productive. Staying motivated, and it really does make a
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difference in your entire day if you do have something to do every single morning
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and it creates a positive and productive mindset for the rest of your day.
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That's just something I truly believe works. Another thing that I would say is
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really beneficial for surviving this winter season is journaling. I know I always talk
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about these things when it comes to becoming the better version of yourself all that,
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but I do feel like in the colder months, this is the best
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time to reflect and write down what you are grateful for. Journaling really is
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a great way to improve your mood, your self esteem, and just all
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around positivity. Personally, I have had this journal that I got from paprill
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I think it's been a year now, and personally it's just a plain notebook.
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I don't have anything written down on it. I create my own journal,
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prompts, my own affirmations, things I'm grateful for, all that.
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Like, that's something I do myself. I don't follow any specific guidelines.
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There's specific journals like the five Minute Journal for an example. If you guys
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don't know what that is, you guys can get at Indigo. But it's
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essentially a journal that tells you everything that you need to write down, and
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I would say it's the perfect journal for beginners. So if you're someone that
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doesn't currently journal now, I would recommend that one as a great starting point.
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That was my first journal. Obviously I finished it, and you know,
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being in a consistent routine of doing that for anime high year, I
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was able to just get my own journal and have blank sheets of paper and
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be able to customize it myself and write down things that personally make me feel
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good before starting my day. So yeah, if you don't have a journal
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specifically something that you could include into your everyday routine, I just think it's
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something that's so easy. It takes five minutes out of your day to do
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it. And let's be honest, if you want to manifest your dream life
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and manifest things that you truly want to happen in your life, then you
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need to start journaling because a lot of the things that I manifested have came
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true, just like vision boards, like everything like that is just so crucial
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I find, So that is definitely something that I really strive to do.
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Another tip is treating yourself once in a while and what I mean by that
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is that I personally feel like whenever it's super cold outside, I don't want
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to leave my home. I don't want to leave at all. I want
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to stay on my couch. I want to just work. And definitely that
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is not the best way to approach a situation. Not gonna lie like coming
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from someone who you know has struggled through mental health issues of doing that and
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working alone and all that, it definitely is not the best for your mental
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health. So finding ways to get out of your house, either once a
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day or once every other day, is so so important. So you can
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find ways to treat yourself in the smallest way. It could be just going
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to get yourself a cup of coffee or just you know, going to your
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favorite coffee shop to get work done, or treating yourself to go get your
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nails done, whether it's a pedicure or a manicure, taking the day off
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work and going to have a spa day with your friend or just by yourself.
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Like, find things that you would love to do that you would be
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doing to treat yourself, because I think that's something that's going to allow you
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to look forward to and it gets you out of the house. And as
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I said, during the colder months, everybody has a hard time getting out
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of the house. I'm a victim to it. As I said, I
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hate leaving my home, even if it's just going to get groceries. Like
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fully being transparent here. It's not like I'm a homebody. It's just I
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do not like the cold. Like if it was summer, I'd have no
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issues doing anything, but during the colder season, I get it. There's
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people like me who do struggle to go to the house. But you just
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need to push yourself. And I'm telling you right now, you will feel
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so much better. Even just getting some fresh air. It will make you
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feel so good. That goes into my next point about making sure that you're
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going outside, getting your vitamin D for the day and just stepping out in
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the fresh air. I hate feeling any slight wind on my skin. I
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truly feel like I actually have some condition. I actually think so I'm not
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even getting like I just feel like I get so cold so easily. Like
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going outside for a walk yesterday with Freddy, I was wearing a like Lululemon
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head band around my ears, so I'm like, okay, I'll keep my
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ears warm. Whatever I come in the house, my ears were literally numb,
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like I could not feel them, And even Zach was like, I
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actually think you need to go to the doctors because I just like my hands
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and certain areas of like my body just gets super cold. So there is
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actually a condition like that my fiance's mom, so Zach's mom has a condition.
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I forget what it's called, but anyways, for some reason, I
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get super cold, and let's be honest, I should probably dress warmer in
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conditions like this, like wear hat, wear a scarf, put on mits.
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If I have to wear double pants, I will wear two pairs of
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pants if I have to. But I think the reality is is that I
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need to dress better for the weather. And if I dress better for the
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weather, I will stay warm and I would be more consistent with a good
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walking schedule and being in the outdoors. So for me, for an example,
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yesterday, I was really pushing myself to get out of the house and
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so I took Freddy for a fifteen to twenty minute walk. And I know
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that doesn't sound like a very long time, but for me, I feel
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like that was like a huge improvement for someone who just avoids the outdoor wind
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completely. So if you're the kind of person like me where you do struggle
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to get to the house and go for a walk in the colder season,
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then just take it gradually. Take a fifteen minute walk, take a ten
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minute walk, and eventually you might be able to build up to it.
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Dress warm, dress for the weather, and it's going to feel so much
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better going on the fresh air. I will admit that pushing myself to do
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that fifteen to twenty minute walk yesterday and coming back to the house, I
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felt refreshed. I felt like almost recharged. So yeah, fresh air really
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does make a huge difference if you do push yourself to get outside. Next
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is something that I kind of mentioned, which was vitamin D. This is
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scientifically proven where people who do actually live in cooler cities who don't get as
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much sunlight lack a lot of vitamin D, meaning that you know, they
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don't get enough sunlight. So not having enough vitamin D can affect your mental
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state, it can affect your mood in general. So it is proven that
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seasonal depression does have a lot to do with lack of sunlight. So obviously
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I'm not a doctor, I'm not going to say like this is proven.
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I'm just telling you, like what I've done my research on for myself,
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for someone who does struggle with seasonal depression, and I have talked to my
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doctor about this obviously and my therapist, and they recommended to increase my intake
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of vitamin D, so just taking vitamin every single morning, and so that's
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what I've been doing. Honestly, I didn't start doing this till about two
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weeks ago, so I've been taking vitamin D consistently every single morning. And
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not saying that you guys need to pop bills. Please do not take that
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advice at all. I'm just saying that, definitely do your own research,
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talk to your doctor, find ways that you can improve your overall mood.
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I know, for me, as I said, I do lack vitamin D,
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so I was told by my doctor to start consistently taking vitamin D every
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single morning for you whoever long, I need to take it hopefully for a
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while, until we get more sunshine back and we have our summers back.
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So obviously I haven't been taking it for too long, so I can't really
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give any results in terms of how you've been feeling, just because it's only
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been two weeks, but I can definitely give you guys an update once I've
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been more consistent with it for a longer period of time and just let you
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know if it is consistently working. Other ways that I've found to help improve
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your mood that is scientifically proven to work is red light therapy. I'm sure
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you guys have heard of that. Infrared saunas. This is something I really
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want to invest in. There's a lot of places I know in the States
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that actually have like in Fred's saunas that you could just rent out for not
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like the day, but like for like a period of time. So like,
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for an example, if you were to go to a tanning bed,
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like typically you rent out ten minutes on the tanning bed and that's what you
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pay for you go in there for ten minutes whatever. So if you were
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to go into a in fred sauna, you could, you know, rent
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it out for ten minutes and obviously there's a charge to it. So I
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know places in the States they have that, but from my knowledge, we
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don't have anything like that in Ottawa unless I was to go to a spa.
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So I have definitely been doing my research and been really wanting to invest
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in a sauna. It's definitely not cheap, not gonna lie, definitely not
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something that I say everybody can do, and not saying that that's going to
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cure your mental health at all. I'm just saying that this is something that
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I've done my own research on that I really really want to get for myself.
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But as I said, there's definitely other ways you can do it.
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The red light therapy is a great investment to look into as well. Definitely
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more affordable options for that, and vitamin D. Vitamin D is very affordable.
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But anything that you're putting into your body, you should definitely be talking
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to your doctor first and just making sure that it is good for you.
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I'm not any medical expert or anything. This is just things that I've done
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with my doctor and things that I have done to just help improve my mood.
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And you know what, I'm always learning, I'm always growing, and
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I'm always trying to find ways to improve my mental health because I am not
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perfect. I'm far from perfect. So yeah, these are just some things
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that I really want to share with you guys that, yeah, just really
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help me through my winter funk. All right, this next one, I'm
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not even going to touch on too much because I literally talk about this all
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the time, but just moving your body in general. You guys know that
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moving your body is so important, But I think one thing that you should
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really consider doing that is a really great way to motivate yourself and maybe even
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do with a friend is just trying out a new workout class. I look
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back at myself in February where I took on spinning for the first time,
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and that was, honestly the biggest game changer for my mental health was actually
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sticking to a consistent routine of trying a new workout class and just something that
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was really really enjoyable to first get into. Right, it was something new,
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it was something fun. I did it with my girlfriend twice a week.
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We'd plan dates in the morning on the weekends, all that like,
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it was the perfect way to boost my mood during the winter season. So
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this year, I've been really wanting to get consistently into hot yoga. So
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I went to my first hot yoa class last week. It was so good.
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It's such a great sweat, but it's also so relaxing. There's something
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about yoga that I just feel is so calming and cozy and relaxing. As
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I said, So if you're someone that's really been trying to find a way
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to motivate themselves to try moving their body or just try something new, I
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highly recommend looking into trying out new workout classes in your area. So that
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is something that I'm definitely going to try consistently into my routine. Right now,
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I do spinning about once or twice a week, so I really like
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to include hot yoga as well for something that, yeah, could be a
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part of my routine. I also have a girlfriend who teaches hot pilates,
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but she does the classes on the other side of where I live in Ottawa,
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So things like that I just find super not convenient for me. Like
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I'd rather have a studio within ten minutes of driving distance, you know what
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I mean. Like that's what's going to get me to that spot every single
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time, not something that's like thirty minutes away from me. So anyways,
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I try and find things close by to me because I know I'll stick to
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my routine if it's something within that distance. I'm sure you guys feel the
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same way. When you guys have a gym or anything close by, you
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want it to be in close proximity, because that's what's going to create a
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consistent routine of going. Another tip I would recommend that I need to be
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better at when it comes to the winter season, specifically is making sure you're
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staying social. This is a really hard one for me personally because I do
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work remote, I do work from home. I don't have employees that work
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for me currently. I have, you know, my sister that works with
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me with the odd time and Zach as well, but I don't have a
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team or anything like that. So usually during the days I do struggle a
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bit being alone. But I definitely have adapted to that and you know,
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have improved that a lot within the year of me doing this by myself.
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I have officially been working social media as my full time thing for over a
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year now, and I've definitely found ways to help my social interaction. I
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guess that that makes sense, like social settings, so things that I try
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to do during the week, since I can't really have any social interactions during
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the day, just because a lot of my friends work corporate jobs. All
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that is, I usually try and coordinate things to do with my girlfriends after
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work. So you know, whether it's a wine night at my place or
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at their place, or you know, going out for dinner together, or
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going to spin together, or maybe even booking a nail appointment with my girlfriend.
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Like just finding things that I would typically do alone but do it with
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a friend. So spinning has been something that I've been doing with a lot
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of friends that I really enjoy doing with. Like we'll text each other saying,
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Oh, I'm booking the five pm class, do you want to come
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with me? She books a five pm class. We usually talk before the
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class after the class. It's just a good way of getting that social interaction.
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But even just booking workout classes in general, even if you're not going
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with a friend, there's still opportunities to be in a social setting, socialize
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with people. I always socialize with the instructors, some of the people that
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also spin with me, just like creating conversations, meeting new people. It's
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just a great way to ye be in a social setting. It's just workout
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classes in general. So yeah, I think it's important to really try and
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stay social, specifically during the winter season as well, just because we all
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know that everybody is more of a homebody during the winter season, and that's
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just the reality and if you can find ways, like you know, even
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getting into new hobbies like for me, getting back into soccer was a huge
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one for me and being in that social setting has been huge. Every single
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Sunday I get the socialize with people that I used to play soccer with when
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I was a kid. Right, So, just great way to stay social
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is super important. This is the last point I'm going to touch on when
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it comes to surviving the winter season, but romanticizing your time at home.
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People do not talk about this enough. Let's find ways to do things at
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home that make it fun being at home if that makes sense, Like have
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a night with your fiance or your boyfriend, cooking your favorite comfortable meal together
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or do it by yourself. If you love to bake, if you love
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to cook, find your favorite meal, create it. It's just a fun
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thing to do at home. Have a spa day at home, run a
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bubble bath, get a book, put on your favorite TV show, have
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a glass of wine, create a whole ambiance of just relaxation. Have a
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board game night with your fiance or your husband, or maybe even invite a
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friend over. Find ways to enjoy your time at home by glamorizing your time
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and your moments at home. There's so many ways of just enjoying more quality
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time at home by just glamorizing it. As I said, So, I
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think that's really important just to yeah, do things at home that make you
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feel good, that make you look forward to doing it, and just making
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it more enjoyable. So I would say that would be my ideal guide for
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surviving this winter season. At the end of the day, everybody's going to
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go through some winter blues or some funks, or some seasonal depression, and
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that is just the reality. If you are feeling low during this winter season,
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know that you are not alone. Everybody goes through these highs and lows
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during the colder months, and that is okay. Know that good things are
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coming and that these tips are really great ways to try and boost your mood
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and get you through the colder months. We all know that it's such a
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short period of time, and let's be honest, there's a lot more worse
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things that could be happening in the world right now to you, So don't
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let the winter blues get to you. But thank you guys so much for
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listening to another episode. You guys know how much I love you all,
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so so much. If you guys are new, definitely make sure to follow
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me on social media. As you guys know, I'm going to be starting
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VLOGMSS literally in two days, which is so crazy, so definitely make sure
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to follow me if you guys want to see me post for twenty four days
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straight. But I love you guys all so much. Thank you guys for
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listening to another episode, and I will see you guys in next week's episode.