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  HOW TO STUDY, even when you can't. First of all I think we should address some of the few reasons why you haven't done any work. Please take in mind this is written for people who are in a good place mentally, if your mental health isn't good at the moment then it is a valid reason for you to put off work in my eyes. This may not be for you so I would suggest that you read the mental health piece I have written here about how to improve it.  1. You feel as if you shouldn't be doing work, you believe that because we're in a pandemic school should not be giving you all of this work to do right now and because of that, you refuse to do it, like a silent protest.  2. The reason you can't do work is that it isn't a priority for you. There are all of these other things you would rather be doing like being on social media, playing video games, exercising, going on walks etc. So you just keep putting your work to the side to do all of the things which you want to

  TOP TIPS HOW TO IMPROVE / MAINTAIN MENTAL HEALTH Welcome back or welcome to The Growth Family if joining us for the first time. This blog has been FILLED to the brim with mental health tips & advice and by the end of this video you will know how to look after your mental health  Creative Time The first way you can improve/maintain your mental health is by having creative time. Setting aside time to just have fun and be creative is so important because it allows you to completely zone out from the outside world and just enjoy yourself. You do not have to be the best at it to have fun, you're only doing it for you and you alone. These are just some of the many things you can do during your creative time: write, draw, build with leggo, make music and Tik Tok. Positivity Learn how to stay positive. I spoke about why it's important to stay positive earlier so click here to digest that if you haven't already. So how do you stay positive? By doing positive affirmations, lis

READ THIS BEFORE YOU MEDITATE Welcome back growth family or welcome to The Growth Family. Today is an introduction to meditation  To summarise meditation to a simple sentence I would say that meditation is the practice of thinking deeply or focusing your mind for a set period of time. However, it is used for far more than just that.  There are so many benefits to meditation, some of which have been scientifically proven such as helping with chronic illnesses like depression, heart disease and chronic pain. However, not everyone who meditates mediates for these benefits specifically. Actually, the most popular use of meditation is for stress management. Other than this other common reasons people meditate for is a clear mind, to improve mental health, work on their chakras and/or identify physical problems with their body. There are 7 types of meditation: Mindfulness meditation  Transcendental  Guided  Vipassana Meditation  Metta (Loving-kindness) meditation  Chakra meditation  Yoga med

SELF LOVE MADE SIMPLE Self-love itself is so big, so important and so simple but it isn't necessarily easy to implement.  essentially appreciating yourself for everything that you are currently, both your strengths your weaknesses. then wanting to build and improve on those weaknesses because you love yourself so you want to improve yourself  Loving yourself means that you want the best for yourself. Not right now, but in the long term. so putting your long term needs over your short term desires. choosing the things which are going to better you or going to make you happier in the long run. next week, next month or next year down the line. Putting your long term needs over your short time desires is hard, in some situations we will struggle to decide what is more important, our short or long term wants and desires.  This is where self-discipline comes into the picture. In this modern-day and age we always just want what will benefit us in the now and not the future if we always sa