What Impacts Me…
The places that impact me have had a lot to do with not the place but the environment there. The 5 things that have affected me are my bedroom, the gym, covid, showering, and social media. These all have affected me in a big way, mentally and physically. These places have changed my mind in such incredible ways and made me feel proactive when I am in these places. Every place is so different but has the same outcome with me being on my own in a way, getting to know who I am, and knowing that problems are going to come, but how do I avoid focusing on the bad if i don’t focus on the good?
I feel at ease and alone in my bedroom, where I have time to reflect on everything that happened that day or how it influenced me. It benefits my intellect in various ways since it revolves around my energy and demands that nobody disrupt it. While working in my bedroom, my thoughts can roam free like in a meditation room, which gives me more energy overall. Being alone in my room makes my life so much easier because no one can direct me. For instance, I had a horrible day because final exams made my lectures more challenging. It caused me to worry a lot about things I already knew how to accomplish, and I didn’t want to eat or sleep because of my anxiety about the forthcoming examinations. Even yet, my room reflects the day I walk in. When the day is not going well, I still believe I can change my mood, reduce my stress, and modify how I feel. I began applying those same techniques to the outside world when I realized I was calmer in my room. It has aided my positive outlook and ability to see beyond the obvious.
The gym is my stress relief. It is the place that helps me calm down when I’m not feeling the best. It helps me build confidence and just makes me feel better about everything in life. It gives me a sense of purpose that there is always a way to get better and more powerful physically and mentally. The gym has helped me with my physical apparencies. Also, when people work out, they feel better about what they accomplished, boosting confidence. At the gym, I always find a way to be better than I was the last time I was there. The gym is about improving yourself, just like in real life.
I had had so many times where I was mad at something and when I wanted to give up, but the gym teaches me that when it feels like you can’t do that rep or finish through, you can also come back and try again. When I was little, I had shallow confidence because I was fat and did not have anyone to tell me to go to the gym. As I got older, I started watching sports, making me want to change my life. I wanted to be able to do what everyone on tv was doing, which was running fast and looking good when going to the gym. I told my mom I wanted a gym membership. It all changed when I got to the gym because I started not knowing anything but researching what was good for my body and how I should lift and getting my form right was necessary. Then I started lifting, and when football came for high school, I was familiar with how I was supposed to lift weights. Knowing what my body is capable of makes me want to see how strong and powerful I am as a human being. I love to see progress it makes me feel great. Me going from this kid who had no confidence to someone who doesn’t care about what others have to say because my life is my life, and people are going to join or be on the sideline.
This came unexpected, and no one saw this coming, but we all know how we felt when covid came; it impacted everyone. Covid has impacted me in so many ways. One of the ways it affected me was online schooling. Luckily, I had internet, food, and everything I needed to be prepared for the outbreak, but it impacted me socially because of the change everyone had to go through; everything was different. People couldn’t do the things they do on regular bases, and people lost jobs that them. Covid affected me because it changed how my schedule was, and I had to adjust to being in school and having football practice simultaneously. Covid had some benefits even though it seemed like it was all bad. Covid made me look at the positive side of things. When things got terrible, It made me appreciate what I had and what not to take for granted. It pushed me to do things I would have never thought of doing. It showed me that there is always a good somewhere in the mix whenever something is wrong. We had to wear a mask when I was playing football, which was a big downfall. Everyone hated it because lifting when you are trying to breathe is the worst feeling, and when you are trying to lift your max, you have to save as much of your breath as you can so you can exhale when you are about to finish your set. A mask over your face makes it much harder to complete your set. That might sound stressful, but a good balance, at least we had football, and I could still play the game that I loved most. It made me realize that it is not all bad because it could have been worst, but instead, it didn’t, and it made me want to appreciate what I have when I get something that it can always be taken away, so don’t take anything for granted.
Showering has also impacted me because it is a time to reflect on my day. Whether it was good or bad, it is a good 20-minute moment that I get every day, and it helps me realize all the positive and negative things that happened and what I could have done to change something or look at a different perspective of someone else. When I am showering, it is like getting the day off me and starting a one. I play music to help, just to calm me down, and sing along to it as if I were at a concert. It is something that I recommend everyone tries, and this can’t even be explained until you do it and think about what you did during the day and what you could have done to improve it and use it for tomorrow. This Is very important to me because I expect to wake up the next day. It has been helping my mind so much that it makes me want to be active and productive when I get out. Showering makes me feel great, and I love when I have a difficult day, but when I shower, it is like that day never even happened. It’s all about being clean and starting off fresh again. It makes me feel like I am a new person about to grow into something I am capable of reaching.
Finally, social media, which has a significant impact on not just me but everyone. Social media has many benefits, but we all know people tend to focus on the bad of social media. Usually, when I am on social media, I look at motivational quotes on my explore page or listen to a podcast because it offers so many perspectives on life. I love when people have different ideas or thoughts about things because it makes me want to expand and see what they mean and where they are coming from. Social media has impacted me because it is super easy to access, which can hurt me in many ways with my time management and everyday life. Still, I love that everyone has a platform for everything they want to express. When covid happened, social media blew up in good and bad ways, but it affected my time management because I was on social media for hours. All that time could have been used to going outside for a walk, working out, or just doing something productive. I know social media has impacted me just because of what I want to post on there; before I post something, it must be good enough not just for me but for everyone else because they will be the ones liking it and judging everything in the post. Most of the time, when I post, it has impacted me in a way mentality most likely and something I want to look back at and say I remember this and have a great back story on it. Social media has its ups affecting me and its downs, but its how you use it and what you are feeding your brain, and I have been feeding my brain motivational things, so every time I go on social media, that’s all that is there and it pushes me to get through the day and improve myself even when I don’t wanna be uncomfortable.
