<ol><li>It's okay. </li><li>Even if it isn't okay, if it is a thing you can't control, don't try to control it. </li><li>You feel misunderstood. Everyone is misunderstood. Don't worry about other people understanding you. Aim to understand yourself. Nothing else will matter after that. </li></ol>

What I Tell Myself When Things Got Too Much

<ol><li>Do not compare yourself to other people. </li><li>Do not compare yourself to other people. </li><li>Do not compare yourself to other people. </li><li>Do not compare yourself to other people. </li><li>Do not compare yourself to other people. </li><li>Do not compare yourself to other people. </li><li>Do not compare yourself to other people.</li></ol>

How To Be Happy 

<ol><li>Don't feel you always have to be there. We can choose not to feel obligated. We can just let them wait. We can risk our social media getting stale. </li><li>Turn off notifications. This is essential. You don't need any of them. Take back control. </li><li>Have times of the day when you're not besides your phone. No one needs their phones all the time. </li></ol>

How To Own A Smartphone And Still Be A Functioning Human Being

<ul><li>A bandwagon. </li><li>Fashionable. </li><li>A fad. </li><li>A celebrity trend. </li><li>A result of a growing awareness of mental health problems. </li><li>Always easy to talk about. </li><li>The same as they always were. </li></ul>

Mental Health Problems Are Not... 

KEEP CALM. KEEP going. Keep human. Keep pushing. Keep yearning. Keep perfecting. Keep looking out of the window. Keep focus. Keep free. Keep ignoring the trolls. Keep ignoring pop-up ads & pop-up thoughts. Keep risking ridicule. Keep curious. Keep hold of the truth. Keep loving. Keep allowing yourself the human privilege of mistakes. Keep a space that is you & put a fence around it. Keep reading. Keep writing. Keep your phone at arm's length. Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs. Keep breathing. Keep inhaling life itself.

Note To Self

<ol><li>Accept yourself. If you can't be happy as yourself, at least accept yourself as you are right now. You can't change yourself if you don't know yourself now. </li><li>Never be cool. Never try to be cool. Never worry what the cool people think. Head for the warm people. Life is warmth. You'll be cool when you're dead. </li><li>Find a good book. And sit down and read it. There will be times in your life when you'll feel lost and confused. The way back to yourself is through reading. I want you to remember that. </li></ol>

What I Tell Myself When Things Got Too Much (cont.)

<ul><li>Feeling that you have no time doesn't mean that you have no time. </li><li>Feeling you are ugly doesn't mean you are ugly. </li><li>Feeling anxious doesn't mean you need to be anxious. </li><li>Feeling you haven't achieved enough doesn't mean you haven't achieved enough.</li><li>Feeling that you lack things doesn't mean you are less complete. </li></ul>

Remember... 

<ol><li>Wake up. </li><li>Pick up your phone. </li><li>Stare at phone for 72 minutes. </li><li>Sigh. </li><li>Get out of bed. </li></ol>Alternatively, once in a while, try skipping stages 2 to 4.

How To Get Out Of Bed

Very interesting contents and notes by the author. They may sound simple, but reading / listening to them give grounding comfort and a very much needed reminder. ❤️

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library. The world is messing with our minds. What if there was something we could do about it? Looking at sleep, news, social media, addiction, work and play, Matt Haig invites us to feel calmer, happier and to question the habits of the digital age. This book might even change the way you spend your precious time on earth.

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Matt Haig was born in Sheffield, England. He writes books for both adults and children, often blending the worlds of domestic reality and outright fantasy, with a quirky twist.

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