Millennials are constantly in motion. Masters of the art of being busy, they juggle everything—schoolwork, org commitments, family, friends, pets, hobbies—without dropping the ball.
But while they think they can keep going, sooner or later this nonstop pace is going to take its toll.
Here are seven tips for the tired and burned out:
7) Listen to Anis Mojgani’s spoken word piece, “Here Am I.”
Will that make me something?
Will I be something?
Am I something?
And the answer comes: you already are, you always were and you still have time to be.
6) It’s okay to ask for help.
Asking for help, whether it’s from a loved one or a professional, is not a sign of weakness.
“If you know that there’s something wrong, ignore the stigma of getting professional help and seek for assistance as much as possible,” says radio DJ Gianna Llanes.
“It’s okay not to be okay, and as cliché as that sounds, it’s also true.
Professional help and medication will not only boost your life to measures you didn’t expect, but it will enlighten the lives of your peers and family who don’t know how else to help you.”
5) Remember: Everyone’s healing process is different.
Don’t compare your progress to that of others.
Be kind to yourself, you’re still learning.
4) You don’t have to be grateful that things could be worse.
“This line personally got me through a bunch of bad storms,” says a friend.
“It came to a point in my life where I didn’t even realize that I was so mad at myself for having anxiety.
I’m learning to accept that, yes, everyone’s circumstances in life are different but it does not make my anxiety matter any less.”
3) Read Buddy Wakefield’s poem about healing, “Human the Death Dance.”
This is brutally beautiful. So are we.
This is endless. So are we.
We can heal this.
2) Go one step at a time.
If you’re stressed about three tests, two papers and a huge oral exam all due in the next two days—don’t panic.
Write it all down.
Make a to-do list.
It’ll help you get organized and you’ll be able to focus better on each task at hand.
1) You’re going to make it through.
“You are not just the light,” says Derrick Brown, “you are the end of the tunnel.”
Keep your chin up, you’re doing okay. You are going to be okay.
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