By Gloria Agugua
Hello, my favourite people!
It’s been a while…I was thinking to myself what to share for the month of October, our entrepreneurship month and then I thought mental health!!!
Healthy living involves more than physical health, it also includes emotional or mental health.
The following are some ways we can support our mental health and well-being.
Tips:
- Get enough sleep daily.
The CDC recommends that those 18 and above need seven to nine hours of sleep. Elderly people need about seven to nine hours but do not sleep as deeply and may awaken at night or wake early, so naps (like kids need) allow them to accumulate the total of seven to nine hours of sleep.
2. Take a walk and reflect on what you see and hear at least several times per week.
3. Try something new and often (eat a new food, try a different route to work, go to a new place).
4. Do some mind exercises (read, do a puzzle occasionally during the week).
5. Try to focus on a process intensely and complete a segment of it over one to several hours, then take a break and do something relaxing i.e. walk around.
6. Plan to spend some time talking with other people about different subjects.
7. Try to make some leisure time to do some things that interest you every week e.g. (hobby, sport).
8. Have fun (go on a trip with someone you love, go shopping, go fishing; do not let vacation time slip away).
9. Let yourself be pleased with your achievements, both big and small (develop contentment).Have a network of
10. Have a network of “good” friends; those with strong social support systems lead a healthier lifestyle.
We will be hosting the largest gathering of entrepreneurs from all over Africa in a couple of weeks, I would like for us to be mentally and physically healthy so we can all come together and make history for the third time in a row.
I can’t wait!!!
