Tbh I Need To Touch Grass - Tumblr Posts

Thank you, Charms. I'll be sure to keep this in mind.

When you get this, please respond with five things that make you happy, then send it to the last ten people in your notifications. You never know who might benefit from positive 💜 (you don't have to if you've already done it)

(I totally did not forget about this ask lmaooo)

This is such an interestingly open-ended question, and I find there are a lot of things that can make people happy. I would say the things that make me happy the most include: 1) drawing stuff I want to draw, 2) comfort foods, 3) pictures of cute baby animals, 4) my own pets, and 5) chilling with close friends and/or family.

However I’ll take the chance to apply some interesting knowledge I’ve learned in college, which is people turning things/activities that make them happy into a coping mechanism. Although in some cases it may be positive, there are a lot of activities that make it unhealthy. When you think of unhealthy addictions you may default to alcoholism or gambling, but did you know spending too much time per week on the Internet can almost be just as bad? And no, this isn’t “just some boomer thing to say…” A lot of us are guilty of it, me including. Vegging out in front of the computer screen without proper time management can be detrimental to your eyes and can leave an impact to your lifestyle if you don’t exercise or just active in general. In addition, today we are exposed to a lot of media and sometimes it’s usually negative outlets talking about someone who died in a tragic accident, political debates, the war in Ukraine, COVID, the list goes on. A thing that can make all of us happy is to do what all the young people command: “touch grass.” Give yourself a little clarity and spend some time away from the Internet so the negativity doesn’t overwhelm you, because you don’t know how much your mental health needs it.

That is all uwu <3