Finding hobbies and filling my life up with positivity has been nothing but a game changer for me. Because I'm not even going to lie I was depressed in one point in my life and my joy and happiness in my life has been getting better for me. I used to always get on social media and compare my life to others, which I don't do as often anymore and I give thanks to God about that. So here are the little things that make me feel like myself again.
1. Making Room for Quiet Time With God
What I've been doing lately is listening to sermons. Something about just waking up in the morning, drinking a good cup of coffee, and turning on a little Bible sermon for myself gets me motivated everyday. It teaches me a lot about myself in the process. I could have something that I'm currently dealing with at the moment and I look up sermons on YouTube and oddly, it helps me with that current problem that I have for that day. The great thing is is that I'm growing closer to God. Not saying that I'm perfect or anything but I do sometimes like to wake up and read my Bible and get ChatGPT to tell me which Bible chapter should I read and reflect on based on what I'm feeling and dealing with at the moment. I know that everyday isn't perfect, but at least I have God by my side and the things that help me get closer to Him and feel like myself again.
2. Enjoying Myself with My Own Hobbies
Ever since I've been doing hobbies and rediscovering myself it's been pretty great and relaxing for me. I used to video game as a kid, play instruments, read, and do all sorts of fun things that just made me, me. Now, I'm slowly embracing my inner child now and I feel so much joy and happier with myself on the inside! Honestly, I'm embracing EVERY part of myself. My love for video games, music, art, cooking, adventures, reading, writing, etc. Everything that used to make me happy in the inside when I was younger. I'm not afraid of being myself anymore. That quirky girl who loves video games, that girl who likes to read and watch funny TV and old cartoons, the girl who likes to play instruments and sing her heart out, etc. I'm not hiding myself anymore and I'm not changing for anyone and I feel so much peace for myself.
3. Learning to Speak Up for Myself More
I used to be the person who would hold everything in and not express myself on things but as I started becoming myself more I'm learning to speak up for myself and become myself. You don't wanna hold everything in because eventually everything has to be expressed or else you'll feel depressed and be bottled up with emotions that's ready to be expressed. For me it honestly feels SO freeing now that I speak my mind more. I'm becoming more unapologetically myself. Not saying everything is perfect but like I said I'm speaking my mind more and being my true authentic self. As a woman who's 24 I don't care if I say I love to play video games. I don't care if I love to read books, practice kickboxing, collect plushies and action figures, etc. because that's what makes me, me. And I want to encourage y'all to be your authentic selves, too. In this world there's so many people who like to be like someone else because they think that other person is cool. But what if that cool person is you all along? Only when you be yourself is when you'll find the ultimate peace within yourself.
4. Limiting Being On Social Media
This one is a BIG one for me because I used to be on social media a LOT comparing myself to others and I know y'all can relate to this one too. We see someone with a nice car and we think, "That car looks nice. I wish I had that car." Or you see someone with a different lifestyle than your life and you think, "Man, I wish I had his life." And we look at our life and our bank accounts and realize how much of a "failure" we are. But what if we aren't failures? We just may be comparing our own journeys to other people's journey. I'm currently learning and realizing this one myself because I used to be ADDICTED to social media. I haven't really been on social media in almost a year and I've already been growing in confidence, self-esteem and recognizing and re-establishing my own personality again. Sometimes social media can cloud our judgements on who we are as a person and that can leave us questioning ourselves. As someone who is part of the Gen Z generation I remember when I was a kid and there were barely any social media and we would enjoy ourselves by being in the moment, playing with our friends, and actually having our own hobbies. But I recognize as we got older, those things changed. Here's my challenge to y'all. I want y'all to delete all of y'alls social medias for 6-9 months and see how y'all will feel. At first it might will feel a little unusual because you will feel like you're missing out but you're actually not. Explore yourself and get to know yourself. You actually may be surprised by what parts of your personality might start coming back and how happy you would be and prefer living in the present moment again.
5. Hanging Out with Friends and Family
Before, I didn't used to spend time with my family as much. I used to kind of be in my own world, but as I got older, that slowly made me feel depressed. See as humans we are social creatures. We need to talk to people. Whether that's family, friends, acquaintances, or even strangers. I'm learning to build better bonds with people. I'm currently building a better bond with my mother and I feel like she's my best friend! Yeah, our relationship may not be perfect sometimes and sometimes we may disagree on things, but that's part of any human relationship. I realize I feel so much better and to be honest I feel more at peace in life. I don't escape as much anymore. And what I mean by that is I used to escape a lot by putting in my headphones and blocking out the world (and I know some of y'all can relate to that). And now I'm realizing again that I LOVE having conversations with just about anyone! I can say that 2026 has truly changed me in beautiful ways I could've never imagined and I feel very blessed because of it. Now I'm looking forward to what 2027 has in store for me.
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