Are you tired of feeling tired during the day from lack of sufficient sleep?
Here are a few tips you can use to help make falling asleep easier.
Sleep Tips
Decide how much sleep you need to feel rejuvenated for your day’s activities.
Go to bed pretty much the same time every day so that your body gets used to that schedule.
Stop scrolling on social media at least an hour before bedtime to allow your mind to be more calm.
Don’t drink caffeine before going to bed as it’s a stimulant. You may want to opt for calming chamomile tea or warm milk instead.
Prep and organize for the next day. Put together what you’ll eat for breakfast & lunch and set out your outfit for the next day.
Write in your journal to further release stress, pent-up feelings, plan goals, receive clarity, express yourself, or be creative.
Do light, gentle stretches to release tension and help your mind and body relax.
Take a warm relaxing bath or shower and feel relaxed before bed.
Listen to sleep meditation or sleep music to ease into a comfortable sleep instead of laying in bed frustrated that you’re finding it difficult to get to sleep.
You can include these tips into your daily bedtime schedule to wind down and create better conditions to fall asleep.
Sleep Video
Listen to the piano music sleep video to help you relax and ease into a comfortable rejuvenating sleep.
Do you feel like wearing something new, comfortable, casual and fashionable enough for street wear, running errands and socializing with friends and just lounging around the house?
Do you remember wearing undergarments with the days of the week printed on them? From Monday to Sunday, you wore one to match the day of the week 😊. Now you can wear these new, fun days-of-the-week T-shirts and start a trendy fashion again with your family and friends.
These high-quality Tees are it! Some are sizes XS-5X, so everyone is included in wearing these trendy, fashionable shirts that also make thoughtful gifts.
Choose from aesthetically fashionable, nostalgic, island vacation vibes, mom theme, motivational and inspirational.
When you feel a bit unmotivated, find yourself feeling a little down or procrastinating, grab an inspirational Tee and get to feeling better, being focused and getting things done.
Don’t underestimate the positive energy of wearing clothes with a positive vibe to uplift your mood, attitude and mindset and help others around you who see what you’re wearing.
What can you do when you think that you don’t deserve good and push good intended things and people away from you?
It’s important to have self-love and to value yourself
Sometimes people listen to what others (even family, parents, friends and teachers) think about them and their potential. You might have accepted some of those things as true and started believing them about yourself, instead of understanding that that’s their opinions; whether formed from jealousy, dislike, emotional predisposition learned from their own parents and significant others in their lives.
Sometimes people have been in very difficult, challenging abusive relationships (substance, emotional, physical abuse and have been put down in so many ways, so many times, the lines sometimes become fudged, and unclear in their minds and their emotions as to whether they did something to cause the abuse or whether what the person spouting out negativity about them is somewhat true. It is essential to navigate yourself toward being the happy, healthy and successful you.
How do you hold on to the real truth about yourself after coming through challenging circumstances and relationships?
It goes back to the basics and the fundamental that you have the fundamental right to happiness and being the best you, you create yourself to be. But those hurtful experiences and challenges tried to undermine that. Take the lessons you’ve learned and rise above the pain, the victimization and disadvantageous situations.
Sometimes there’s no one there physically to hold your hand and help you out. But there is your deep inner authentic self who knows how to lead you out of the chaos, out of the pain. Let the spark of Truth begin to ignite that you deserve good. Even if you don’t believe it, accept it as the principal, the truth, your personal truth that you apply to yourself, instead of the negativity around you and negative self-talk you might have engaged in most of the time.
Show Yourself Love
Meditation Affirmations for Self-love @RelaxedPresent
Accept that change is possible. Desire good change. And then start to take positive actions to create the good that you want in your life, beginning with positive self-talk.
Remember that negative words were projected at you repeatedly until you came to believe them about yourself. So you will need to put in the repeated positive thoughts to get rid of the negative ones. Then thinking more positively will become more natural than thinking negatively.
Forgiving yourself and forgiving others is also important in the step to feeling better, experiencing better, and being the better you! Know that the better and best you is inside of you and has always been there.
Get Motivated
It comes to the point in life of defining for yourself your good thoughts about yourself and getting rid of those negative perceptions that others labeled you; so you can believe you deserve good and receive good.
Positive Affirmations to Say Everyday to Stay Motivated for Success @RelaxedPresent
There are those individuals who see the good in you because they are seeing the real you. Therefore, they have no problem in understanding that you deserve good. So, you need to rethink how you see yourself through a more positive perspective about yourself.
10 Journal Prompts for Self-appreciation
Here are a list of some journal prompts you can reflect on:
What is one of the qualities I like most about yourself?
On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the worst) generally, how often do I engage in negative self-talk throughout the day?
What is your favorite hobby? If you don’t have one, what would it be?
What are some habits you’ve picked up that you want to get rid of? What’s one good habit you can start to do to counteract at least one bad habit?
What do you need or want more of in your life?
Are you living the way you want to live? If not what are three main things that you can do to live the way you really want to live?
What do I value?
What do I want my relationships to be like?
What are my top three goals in life?
Write a letter of forgiveness to yourself, then, within a day or two, write a letter of encouragement to yourself.
Self-discovery and Self-reflection Journal Planners:
The journals below can help you to identify your goals, daily intentions, manage your day and engage in daily reflection.
Listen to this classic fairy tale that might bring back nostalgic memories of being read to as a child. This favorite fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast (L Belle et Bete), written in 1757 by successful novelist and fairy tale French writer, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, is narrated by Author Jennifer Jones as a bedtime sleep story that grown-ups can listen to, along with the crackling of the fire in the fireplace, as they go to sleep.
Photo via UpwardTips.com, Jennifer Jones Free School Supplies
The school year seems to come around quickly. Getting school supplies can get expensive and stressful.
Below is a list of sites and information where you can get free back-to-school supplies. Please be aware that in several instances, it’s while supplies last. Generally, you will receive a backpack and school supplies. In some instances, the kids need to be there as well.
Giveaways
Giveaways in New york:
Creston Avenue Playground
Saturday, August 17th, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
McLeod’s Community Garden
Saturday, August 17th, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT
Curtis “50” Community Garden
Sunday, August 18th, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. EDT
Glover Street Community Garden
Sunday, August 18th, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT
Green Acres Community Garden
Sunday, August 25th, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT
Target Bronx Community Garden
Saturday, August 31, 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The following other organizations generally give out resources to families and back-to-school supplies.
The River Fund New York City
Low-income families can receive an entire set of school supplies, shoes, backpacks, notebooks and pencils for free.
Child Center of New York
This organization has an annual drive and distribution of backpacks filled with school supplies.
New York State of Mind
They have a variety of outreach programs including distribution of back-school-supplies.
Boys and Girls Club of America
They often hold pop up giveaways. Call your local organization to see what resources they have to offer. Check on bgca.org to find your local club.
Salvationarmyusa.org
Find your local Salvation Army Center using the zip code search to inquire about their local events and back to school supplies availability.
Operation Homefront
This is an organization that helps military families by connecting them with helpful resources and family events.
Giveaways in Newark:
Newark Public Schools
They’re holding a back-to-school event where families can apply for free lunch and after-school programs for their children. Free back-to-school supplies for Newark students will be offered while supplies last.
Where:
Hawkins Street School
8 Hawkins Street
Newark, NJ 07105
Thursday, August 22nd, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Bonus
Find help.org
You can also find discounted school supplies at Target, Walmart, and Staples.
Teachers or principals can apply for school supplies at Supplyateacher.org which provides classrooms with a full semester’s worth of basic core supplies. Visit KINF.org to apply.
NYC Children’s Festival
This is one of the activities celebrating Harlem Week.
Parents can take the time to relax with meditation, inspirational videos and soothing bedtime stories for grown-ups with the cozy crackling fire in the fireplace @RelaxedPresent.
Listen to the Emperor’s New Clothes Bedtime Story for Grown-ups:
Keeping a positive mindset is important to achieving your goals and dreams. Believe that you can.
Releasing stress and anxiety can help you to be more focused and calm.
Watch motivational videos to start your day, midday motivational boost and evening inspiration. Listen to bedtime stories for grown-ups (ok for kids, too) to wind down, relax and for sleep. The stories are narrated by Author Jennifer Jones mostly accompanied by soothing crackling fire in the fireplace and music. Listen to guided meditation for further inspiration. Subscribe to the channel to stay motivated every day with new uploaded videos.
Do you feel like you’re always broke and don’t have money to get the things you want? Do you feel stuck financially? Or are you financially stable, but you want to have more financial independence?
What is your mindset about money?
Your mindset basically is your thoughts, beliefs and feelings about a specific matter. Your beliefs influence how you feel, what you say, what you do and as a result of all those, creates what materialize in your reality.
Another intrinsic aspect of mindset is consistency. Thought patterns that remain consistent are the ones that are in the forefront of the race to get to the winning line.
So what do you need to do to make sure you have a positive win?
The same principles apply. Take control of the negative thoughts; replace them with positive ones; and remain consistent to the finish line to win.
How do you replace those negative thoughts that sometimes don’t seem to want to go away?
Use affirmations to replace negative ones in order to create positve changes in the way you think, feel and act regarding a specific matter and ultimately in creating a positive mindset for your life overall.
Why Say Affirmations?
Positive affirmations are positive statements regarding a specific idea or goal. Repeating positive affirmations help to retrain your thoughts about the matter to a positive mindset; thereby, moving past blockages to receive your goal.
Start Making Changes
What is your relationship with money? How you think about money matters. Learn positive affirmations to create positive changes in your life.
Remember the concept of which thought pattern wins — the mindset that remains consistent and persistent (repetitive).
All the outstanding athletes and millionaires are repetitive in their skills practice and mindset to be the amazing winners that they are. This doesn’t mean that sometimes negative thoughts don’t cross their minds. However, their actions are not to sit in the position of negativity. They find inspiration and motivation to keep in a positive mindset and to achieve their goals.
How can you do this? Repeating positive affirmations daily and several times throughout the day helps to leave less room for negative self-talk and retrain your subconscious mind, letting it know that this is the new way you are thinking. This is a retraining of your mind so watching the videos daily can help you as you repeat the affirmations with feeling.
It takes discipline to do something daily and several times a day. But the easy way to accomplish this is to break the task into smaller steps. You can decide to watch the video in the same time span of when you do a daily activity. For example, just after showing in the morning, at lunch, and just before going to sleep.
Subscribe to the channel so that you can see other stress relief and helpful videos. @RelaxedPresent
An emperor is swindled by two swindlers who came to town. This classic story can help you to let go of the day’s worries as you get cozy in bed and watch the video of crackling fire and listen to the story and piano music.
Bedtime stories for grown-ups are an effective way to relax and feel calmer to have a better sleep.Sometimes it’s hard to wind down from the day’s activities. Or you might experience insomnia and find it difficult to sleep.
@RelaxedPresent, find classic bedtime stories for grown-ups, evening meditations, ASMR sounds and affirmation meditations to help you throughout the day and at bedtime.
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