#at least meditating is relatively straightforward but even then *any* new daily/near-daily obligation is just one more plate to spin | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

memorys-skyscraper · 2 months ago

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i wish that when people bring up the fact that eating well and exercising and meditating and all that are good for your mental health/overall wellbeing, they would also mention the fact that doing all that shit fucking sucks

#rambles #like people will bandy about advice like 'oh if you exercise/eat right/meditate/journal/etc you'll feel better!' incredibly casually #to the point that its basically the go-to response to dismiss people experiencing serious issues that others dont feel like dealing with #e.g. the classic 'just exercise and you wont be depressed anymore :)'#which in turn has cheapened the original advice bc it comes off as dismissive and overly-simplistic #but unfortunately the original advice is indeed almost universally correct (no matter how much i wish it wasnt)#however when people give this advice they almost never mention the fact that doing these things when you arent used to doing them sucks ass #'you should exercise!' yeah! let me just overcome years of physical/mental inertia and find a way to exercise that suits my circumstances #and also fits my schedule and is feasible for me and isnt so miserable that it makes me quit immediately #'eat healthy!' for sure! i definitely have the capacity to find recipes for healthy meals and plan out the week and go grocery shopping #and i *definitely* dont mind tripling the time i spend making dinner and the number of dirty dishes generated in the process #at least meditating is relatively straightforward but even then *any* new daily/near-daily obligation is just one more plate to spin #one more thing to worry about staying on top of when youre likely already drowning #and like. they are right. these things are worth doing despite how much effort they take bc they do make a tangible difference.#but MAN i wish we as a society were more open about the fact that these things arent nearly as simple as they seem #and are in fact a huge pain in the ass

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