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EDIT: CAROLINE HAS SEEN THIS VIDEO. I REPEAT. CAROLINE HAS SEEN THIS VIDEO!!!! 👇 follow your dreams people

“Am I… better than everyone?” Is why I subscribed. 😂😂😂

I had a brilliant therapist tell me once that anxiety and excitement actually come from the same place in your brain. So if you can say to yourself “I’m excited about this” it flips anxiety into excitement. Also it’s impossible for your brain to feel anxiety and gratitude at the same time. I swear it works. If you are feeling worried just say “I’m so grateful for…”

I love how she is not too romantizing everything just like the Internet says, but she tried to figure out what's suitable and "in the middle" for herself. She is so real

Psych stundent here: the ball of anxiety in your chest aka prob the feeling of shame could be a sign that you're not living according to your own values. Basically, it is the part inside of you that wants you to be the kind of person who you wanna be. So it actually comes from a place of self-love. A little perspective shift can go a long way 😊

I introduced a very simple rule that helps me a lot in the morning: no smartphone before I see the sun. So I have to get up and open the curtains and only after I can use my smartphone.

I've been trying for a long time to get my morning routine (and my night routine) sorted out and it almost seems like I'll never get it down. Hearing you say "I'll be grumpy no matter what time I wake up so might as well do it at 6:30am" is probably the most motivational thing I've heard. Maybe it isn't about my routine being perfect or the same every day, maybe it's about just actually starting it.

The Winkler Way!! omg. this video was adorable, creative, and unique and i loved it!!

the "but actually, I'm getting 3 birds stoned at once" got me cracked up hahaha

I wake up every day between 5am-6am and I have tried SO HARD to workout in the mornings. I reallly really wanted to be a morning workout person. But I just absolutely could not get used to it. I always felt so much worse. So, I changed my workout to 1pm-2pm, afternoons, and OMG so much better for me personally!! Writing this to say you don’t always have to listen to “everyone”. Do what works for you. We all have different needs and lifestyles.

Something that really helps me with the morning anxiety spirals -- I keep a notebook and pen by my bed, and if I am just laying there and can't get myself up, I grab the notebook and just write a full page of everything that's in my brain: things I need to do, things I meant to do yesterday, stuff I'm avoiding, what is stressful, what I do and don't like, what I dreamed about, what I hope to get out of the day, what I'm grateful for... and I found that usually by the end of that brain-dump I've drained a lot of negativity and it's easier to focus on the positive things. Plus it gives me a list to reference throughout the day so I don't worry about forgetting anything :)

We are actually very similar, I also wake up at 9am feeling behind and unaccomplished, only difference is you have a loving dad

One of the differences that stuck out to me is having a morning routine and doings by yourself and doing them with others. The comparison with having a volleyball team, studying with friends, etc. Adult life seems way more individualistic and solitary, so I assume it's also why we tend to feel more unmotivated and anxious overall.

"Im grumpy no matter what"

Real shit.

"When you're in it, it can suck sometimes. But big picture. if we're working towards something, it doesn't matter, it's all worth it and all we have to do is wake up and go" -Makari Espe

Saved this in my notes, might put this one on the wall too

“Am I…better than everyone?” Took me out 😂
We love a good morning routine, though. As someone who always wakes up at 7:00, it’s addicting, and I truly hate the days I sleep in until 8:30 or 9:00 now.

Just generally wanted to say that you are a really awesome creator and I love the way that you are so happy and joyful in your videos and u just try to make the most of life and especially in love how adorable you are. I hope you become a huge creator in the future and I hope you don’t forget this comment, I’m rooting for you

Loved this, it’s so relatable in all the little things “eggs and plums” - all I have, “don’t mind the mismatched pillows” - haven’t done laundry

I don't necessarily agree with your approach of doing so much that you don't have time to think and feel anxious, I feel like it's a bit misguided. I don't know the answer too, of course. what I like to do that works for me is waking up and taking my time to do things that bring me joy: I wake up at 7, feed the cats, 15 mins of stretch (which I incorporated from your previous video!!), ablutions, then I take like 30 minutes preparing and eating my breakfast - just eggs and a cup of coffee with milk, but I don't do it in a hurry, I enjoy every minute of the preparation. then I go to the couch and just hang out watching something on my phone/tablet for 40 minutes before starting to work. that way I don't feel like the purpose of my life is to work, which is a source of anxiety and depression for me. I also like to take an hour before lunch to workout, which also breaks my "work time" into a self care time. my goal is to have life and enjoy things outside of work. I'm privileged enough to work from home so that's why this works for me. I just wanted to share my perspective on this, sorry for the long text.

i work in three different shifts, wake up and sleep at always changing times.. i felt like i couldnt do anything but wake up, work, sleep, wake up, work. no time for chores, metime, friends or anything else. all those routines were no use for me, as my worktime doesnt give me freedom of having a routine like that.
i found my personal routine in, no matter when work starts, stay up 3 hours prior to that. i stand up, do some yoga and sports, whatever i feel like, shower, do a skin care routine, write my journal, and take some vitamins i lack all the time.. in case someone has the same trouble because of working in shifts... this REALLY helped feeling a bit better.