TikTok's new wellness trend: "Save The Day"

Morning comes, your alarm goes off, your to-do list is swelling and unread e-mails are piling up… As you’re tossed around in the chaos of such days, it may be approaching midnight before you even realize it. So, is there a quick and easy way to reclaim your day, or even create a moment to reconnect with yourself?

To be honest, there are many ways to “save the day” and it doesn’t take much time. This trend is a new interpretation of personal time, and it encompasses any action that will make your day feel like it has some space again. Any little thing you do for yourself, like taking a short walk, making a cup of tea, or reading a few pages from your bedside book, can be a way to save the day.

It’s common to get lost in the hustle and bustle of a busy workday. If you don’t add some “day-saving” checkpoints, the weeks can quickly blur together and you can end up feeling burnt out, chronically stressed, or anxious. Day-saving moments can help you slow down, relax, and help you shake off a bad mood. When you step away from a traffic jam or a bad meeting and do something nice for yourself, you realize that these annoying situations won’t have a lasting impact on your life, they’re just a difficult moment, and they’re always temporary. You also accept that while you can’t control what happens to you and when, you can control the decisions you make about how you react and move forward.

This life hack for a healthy mind also works for your body by reminding you to create some downtime in a busy schedule. If you’re putting 100 percent of your energy into your work and other tasks, you’ll feel even better about opening up some personal time. Whether it’s stepping out and getting yourself a coffee, filling up the tub and taking a shower, or putting something else on the back burner into the spotlight, you’ll feel like you’re “back to being you” again.

This trend, which is spreading on TikTok, has been joined by people buying a bouquet of flowers for their home, going for a swim, going for a walk and calling their loved ones, going out for dessert, cooking, and walking around the beach or the park. Another self-care idea that is also made on social media and that we can also recommend you to do is to turn on a playlist you like and do breathing exercises. It would be helpful to take deep breaths along with an affirmation like , “I realize I’m having a not-so-good day. I know it won’t be like this forever, and that’s okay.” In this way, you will accept that you’re not feeling good at that moment, regain your power over the situation, and normalize the experience.

It’s pretty obvious why this seemingly simple wellness trend has gone viral. Because it reminds us all how easy it is to take better care of ourselves! After all, we all want to experience happiness, and sprinkling intentions into our day that pause our thoughts helps us move forward with a clearer mind when we get back into the swing of things.

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