mental health day vlog ☁️🌻🧸 relax, recharge, & reset with me — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:18Good morning, guys. We are taking a
3. 0:22mental health day. This is my first few
4. 0:25words that I'm speaking, so forgive me.
5. 0:28When I was younger, my mom introduced
6. 0:30this idea to me when I was having when I
7. 0:33was just feeling really overwhelmed. It
8. 0:35could just be any random day in the
9. 0:37summer or on a weekend, whatever it may
10. 0:39be, sometimes on a Friday for a school
11. 0:41day, okay? And I am just overwhelmed,
12. 0:45whatever it may be. And she'd be like,
13. 0:46"You need to take a mental health day."
14. 0:49And I actually thought it was really
15. 0:51cool growing up that that was something
16. 0:54that I, you know, even knew what that
17. 0:56meant. Um, and I'm really grateful to my
18. 0:58mom for teaching me how important it is
19. 1:01to sometimes take a step back and do
20. 1:04things for you and do just have a day
21. 1:06full of doing things that make you feel
22. 1:07happy. Maybe it's just you laying down
23. 1:10all day. Whatever it is, like just
24. 1:12giving yourself that excuse. And some
25. 1:14people are better than others at this.
26. 1:17Like I go through phases of life and
27. 1:19right now I'm in a phase of life where I
28. 1:20feel like I const ever since I moved to
29. 1:22New York honestly where I feel like if
30. 1:26the sun is shining and there's an
31. 1:28opportunity for me out there. I need to
32. 1:29be out. I need to be doing things I
33. 1:31don't want to say no. And um today is
34. 1:34not one of those days. Today is one of
35. 1:35those days where I want to listen to my
36. 1:38body, listen to me, and kind of just
37. 1:42refuel myself, recharge my social
38. 1:44battery, if you will. The last since
39. 1:48early September, I have been go go go,
40. 1:51fashion week, weddings,
41. 1:54travel, hurricanes. I think my social
42. 1:57battery is at an all-time low in in this
43. 1:59very moment. But also, I feel like my
44. 2:02body, like I swear I'm getting a sty in
45. 2:04my eye. I sprained my ankle this past
46. 2:06weekend at the wedding, like fully
47. 2:09sober, by the way. I just tripped. Um,
48. 2:13and I'm sore. Like I don't know. I just
49. 2:16feel like my body's like, "Hey Danielle,
50. 2:18let's chill." So that is what we're
51. 2:20going to do today. I thought that'd be a
52. 2:22fun little pivot to my normal vlogs.
53. 2:24This will be a vlog where I take you
54. 2:25along my day. But I'm seriously I have
55. 2:28not one thing that I have to be at
56. 2:31today. And I'm let me preface by saying
57. 2:34I feel forever grateful that that is my
58. 2:37day today. I feel so privileged that I
59. 2:38can have this day because I know not
60. 2:40everyone can just take a full mental
61. 2:42health day. But I hope you take some
62. 2:44inspiration from this video if anything.
63. 2:46So, I started off my mental health day
64. 2:48last night. When I went to bed, I said,
65. 2:50"We're not putting on an alarm." I put
66. 2:52on my little night routine on my hatch
67. 2:55alarm. I did the red light. I changed it
68. 2:58to um it goes from red light for 30
69. 3:00minutes with music to um white noise all
70. 3:04night. Actually, I think I have it on
71. 3:05brown noise. I like brown noise um until
72. 3:08you turn it off in the morning. I slept
73. 3:10so well. I think just knowing too that I
74. 3:12didn't have an alarm going off like that
75. 3:14is a luxury. Um like even on the
76. 3:16weekends I feel like I have an alarm of
77. 3:19some sort. Also, one thing I'm realizing
78. 3:21cuz sleep, the older I get, I'm
79. 3:23realizing how important sleep is. I feel
80. 3:25like when you're younger, you're like, I
81. 3:26want to stay up all night and like who
82. 3:28cares? No, sleep is so important and it
83. 3:30affects so many parts of your life um
84. 3:33and your physical wellbeing. Um this is
85. 3:35like such a random thing. Normally when
86. 3:38I go to bed, I have like a thousand
87. 3:40throw pillows. As you guys know, I
88. 3:43usually, unless Ryan's here, I will take
89. 3:46all the pillows and just pile them up on
90. 3:48the right side of my bed and just go to
91. 3:51sleep. I wake up, they're all still
92. 3:52there, and it's so easy to make your bed
93. 3:54in the morning. That's the main reason I
94. 3:55do it. It's so easy to make your bed in
95. 3:56the morning. However, I'm realizing
96. 3:59particularly in mornings where I want to
97. 4:01sleep in or I just want to be lazy in
98. 4:02the morning. I the night before I take
99. 4:05off all of my pillows. Like last night,
100. 4:07I just knew it was going to be that kind
101. 4:08of day. So, I put all of my pillows over
102. 4:11there and I do feel like I slept really
103. 4:13really well because I can just like
104. 4:16sprawl and I'm not running into pillow.
105. 4:18I don't know. My my blanket's not tight
106. 4:20when I try to pull it up cuz all the
107. 4:22pillows are weighing it down. I don't
108. 4:24know if that makes sense to anyone, but
109. 4:26I just thought I'd share that. A lot of
110. 4:28times I will still sleep with the
111. 4:29pillows because it does make making the
112. 4:30bed really easy. But anywh who, welcome
113. 4:33to today. And I'm really excited to take
114. 4:35you guys along and I'm really I'm
115. 4:37selfishly excited for this day for me
116. 4:38because I haven't had a day like this in
117. 4:40so long. And it's just going to be a
118. 4:42well-rounded day full of you'll see.
119. 4:44You'll see what we're doing today. So,
120. 4:46I'm going to start off by getting out of
121. 4:48bed even though it is
122. 4:51Oh, my dad's calling me.
123. 4:55I already He's going to ask me about my
124. 4:56ice machine ready.
125. 4:59Good morning.
126. 5:01Good morning. I I hope you're up now.
127. 5:06Um I was just getting out of bed,
128. 5:08actually.
129. 5:09Oh, good for you. Good for you. Hey. Um,
130. 5:12I just realized tomorrow is Aunt
131. 5:14Debbiey's birthday. Um,
132. 5:17yes, it is. She's coming here tomorrow.
133. 5:19Yeah. Hey, you want to check your ice
134. 5:21cubes while I'm here? Just interested.
135. 5:24Of course.
136. 5:24Definitely should be There definitely
137. 5:26should be more than yesterday if it's
138. 5:29My dad got me out of bed. Um, but yeah,
139. 5:32I feel like the key for a mental health
140. 5:34day start is a relaxing, restful start.
141. 5:38like waking up feeling like you got good
142. 5:41amount of sleep and you can just kind of
143. 5:44enjoy your morning. Like I purposely
144. 5:47like not today but on another day I
145. 5:48would normally get up earlier than I
146. 5:50have to be like start getting ready so I
147. 5:52can enjoy my morning. So I am doing just
148. 5:55that and I cannot wait to make my
149. 5:59coffee.
150. 6:01Um I'm still on the decaf grind. And I
151. 6:04had some caffeine this past week because
152. 6:07I needed it. But um on the day today, I
153. 6:10do adore my decaf coffee
154. 6:13because I definitely still feel a little
155. 6:15like buzzed, but I don't feel as
156. 6:17anxious. And gosh, I just love the act
157. 6:20of making coffee. And I feel like my
158. 6:24curig just does it for me.
159. 6:29I actually fell asleep on my couch last
160. 6:32night. I started season two of Tell Me
161. 6:33Lies. Oh my gosh. So, I'm I'm locked in.
162. 6:36Um, but hence the blanket and remote
163. 6:39just like this whole area just screams I
164. 6:42fell asleep on the couch. I am going to
165. 6:44light a candle this morning because I'm
166. 6:47actually going to be in my apartment for
167. 6:48a while. I hate lighting a candle than
168. 6:50just like leaving the house. Like, I'm
169. 6:51trying to be more mindful about when I'm
170. 6:54lighting my candles. This one is cotton
171. 6:56popppllin from bredo. And oh my gosh, it
172. 7:00smells so good. I also am really into
173. 7:03black candles. Like it looked I think
174. 7:05it's just the aesthetic of my new
175. 7:06apartment, you know? And you guys know
176. 7:07this, but normally what I would do is
177. 7:10while my coffee is being made, I go rush
178. 7:14to make my bed. But it's not that kind
179. 7:16of day. We're doing what we want today.
180. 7:19So, cheers. My apartment gets beautiful
181. 7:24sunlight in the morning. However,
182. 7:27I don't really want it right now. So,
183. 7:31I'm just going to pull this down just
184. 7:32because it's like direct sunlight in the
185. 7:34morning. And I think I want to watch
186. 7:37some YouTube videos and some TV just to
187. 7:40kind of wake up cuz normally I would sit
188. 7:43here and listen to my jazz music, which
189. 7:45is also lovely, but I just kind of want
190. 7:48to not think about my own life right
191. 7:49now. Not because I'm not for anything
192. 7:52crazy. I just I don't know. It's fun to
193. 7:54kind of take yourself out of your world.
194. 7:56But same thing goes for like reading a
195. 7:57book or something. It's just nice to
196. 7:59watch someone else's life and not be in
197. 8:01yours. Except my dad's calling me again.
198. 8:03Hello.
199. 8:06Long time no chat. Fam is just coming in
200. 8:09hot today. I got this video for my mom.
201. 8:13Oh my god, she's dancing to Sabrina
202. 8:14Carpenter. She's got her eye patches on
203. 8:17under her glasses.
204. 8:25She had never heard of Sabrina Carpenter
205. 8:26and I was like, you know. Oh, go girl.
206. 8:29If you were to ask me who my favorite
207. 8:31YouTuber is, I would a thousand% say
208. 8:35Michelle Choy. I love her videos so
209. 8:38much. As you can see, I've watched all
210. 8:39of these, but I'm a little bit behind.
211. 8:42So, okay. I have three, three episodes,
212. 8:45three YouTube videos I can watch. So,
213. 8:46except I'm not really in the mood for
214. 8:47what I eat in a day. So, I'll do this. I
215. 8:49just love her vlogs so much. They just
216. 8:51put me in the best mood. So, we're going
217. 8:52to watch one.
218. 8:55A big part of mental health days for me
219. 8:58are being in nature, getting some
220. 9:00physical activity in of sorts, but that
221. 9:02doesn't always mean working out. Like, I
222. 9:04initially had a Pilates class booked for
223. 9:07today and I was like, I don't want to do
224. 9:11it. I knew I wanted to move my body in
225. 9:13some way. I also my ankle is really
226. 9:15bothering me. So sometimes like in on
227. 9:18the reformer I feel like you have to
228. 9:19like bring in your whole body weight
229. 9:21with your feet and like that might not
230. 9:22be good for my ankle. Anyways, I'm also
231. 9:24dramatic. No excuses because we don't
232. 9:26need excuses on this day. We can do
233. 9:28whatever the heck we want. But I would
234. 9:30like to get outside, be in nature, maybe
235. 9:32walk along the highline. That's exactly
236. 9:34what I'm going to do. Um I also do need
237. 9:37to go to CVS. I do need to do that. So,
238. 9:39this will be a good excuse, but I just
239. 9:41put on this little outfit and a little
240. 9:44button-d down, a little little
241. 9:45everything. A button-d down bag in case
242. 9:48I acquire things along the way, aka
243. 9:50going to CVS and buying more deodorant.
244. 9:53Um, but I'm excited to get outside and
245. 9:56just get some physical activity and get
246. 9:58some steps in. And I actually saw
247. 10:00something on TikTok the other day and I
248. 10:02might try it. I'm not like anxious
249. 10:04today, which is lovely. Um,
250. 10:08but
251. 10:09sometimes when I'm really anxious, I go
252. 10:11on a walk and I saw this girl, she went
253. 10:14on a color walk where basically on your
254. 10:17walk, you look for um you choose a
255. 10:20color. So she chose yellow, I think. And
256. 10:23she would just basically kind of like I
257. 10:25spy adult version. So on her walk, she'd
258. 10:26be like, "Oh, that's a yellow thing.
259. 10:28That's a yellow thing." So you're you're
260. 10:29out of your mind and you're focused on
261. 10:32something else. Um, so I actually did
262. 10:34that the other day. I was kind of
263. 10:35anxious walking somewhere and I chose
264. 10:37the color red and it was really fun for
265. 10:40me just to play that little game with
266. 10:42myself of like, oh, there's something
267. 10:43red there. And then I'm like, wait, what
268. 10:44was I stressed about? It's it's pretty
269. 10:46great. Um, it's not a cure by any means,
270. 10:48but it is nice. So, that's something you
271. 10:50can do for sure. But I'm going to head
272. 10:53outside, maybe call a friend. I always
273. 10:56love talking on the phone to someone,
274. 10:57but honestly, today's one of those like
275. 10:59I'm recharging my social battery, so I'm
276. 11:01not particularly in the mood to chat.
277. 11:03So, I'm just gonna enjoy some time with
278. 11:05me, myself, and I
279. 11:08[Music]
280. 11:20[Music]
281. 11:23have made it on the Highline
282. 11:25and it's popping. There are lots of
283. 11:27people here right now, but it's really
284. 11:31nice to be in all the nature.
285. 11:35Normally, I have my AirPods in and I'm
286. 11:38listening to some relaxing music, maybe
287. 11:41a podcast, but today I'm doing a
288. 11:43mindfulness walk, which I do every now
289. 11:45and then, where no headphones in. I'm
290. 11:48taking in the sounds of the city, like
291. 11:52literally the sounds of planes driving
292. 11:54by. just kind of taking in everything,
293. 11:56all the senses, smell,
294. 11:59sights, hearing, everything. And it's
295. 12:04really nice. And just I love hearing
296. 12:07birds chirp. And I've heard it for you
297. 12:08today.
298. 12:10[Music]
299. 12:20[Music]
300. 12:28[Music]
301. 12:46Walk was so lovely. I just had some
302. 12:47lunch and I have tell me lies on now. I
303. 12:49couldn't wait till tonight and I'm going
304. 12:51to get some cleaning done. So, roll the
305. 12:53cleaning montage. And let me say,
306. 12:55cleaning for me is a reset. It feels
307. 12:58amazing. Like, I feel grateful when I
308. 13:01have a lot of time in my day to clean
309. 13:03because it allows me to have a clearer
310. 13:05head space. Like, I'm just in a good
311. 13:07mood.
312. 13:09[Music]
313. 13:18Heat. Heat.
314. 13:21[Music]
315. 13:50Heat. Heat. N.
316. 13:53[Music]
317. 13:59Heat.
318. 14:04[Music]
319. 14:14Heat.
320. 14:15[Music]
321. 14:50This might be my new therapy, video
322. 14:53call, just Zoom meeting area. Honestly,
323. 14:57the lighting is probably going to be
324. 14:59fabulous. But my apartment is nice and
325. 15:01clean. I've been listening to Bosan Nova
326. 15:03Jazz while cleaning, which has been
327. 15:06nice. Um, like I said, there's days
328. 15:08where I want to listen to a podcast.
329. 15:09There's days I want to watch TV. Um, and
330. 15:12I have Tell Me Lies on, but I literally
331. 15:14was getting so distracted because it's
332. 15:16just so good. And season 2 is so good
333. 15:18that I had to turn it off and put on
334. 15:21Bosan Nova and we'll watch that later.
335. 15:23But I do want to thank BetterHelp for
336. 15:25sponsoring this video. I think it's only
337. 15:26fitting for my mental health day to
338. 15:29include therapy and I love BetterHelp
339. 15:32because it makes therapy so accessible.
340. 15:35You don't have to go into like a very
341. 15:37intimidating waiting room. It's very
342. 15:40easy to get matched with a licensed
343. 15:41professional therapist, which is just so
344. 15:44nice. It's literally so easy. All you do
345. 15:46is fill out a brief questionnaire and
346. 15:48then they're going to match you. And
347. 15:49it's so nice because if for some reason
348. 15:51you're not meshing with your therapist,
349. 15:53you can totally get a new one, which is
350. 15:55really nice. Like you're not tied to the
351. 15:57one like BetterHel wants you to have a
352. 15:59good experience. Um, also these
353. 16:02therapists are trained to ask you the
354. 16:05right questions, get you curious about
355. 16:08certain things, and they'll help you see
356. 16:09things from a new perspective, which I
357. 16:11think is really nice. That's one of my
358. 16:13favorite things about therapy, and I
359. 16:15always say this, but it's so true. It's
360. 16:17because this person isn't in my life at
361. 16:20all. I don't have to worry like, oh, if
362. 16:21I tell them this, they're, you know,
363. 16:22they're friends with that person, too,
364. 16:24or you know, it's al like that's my mom
365. 16:27and like that's her son that I'm talking
366. 16:29about or whatever it may be. Just giving
367. 16:31examples. I feel so safe and I think
368. 16:34it's so important to have safe spaces,
369. 16:36especially in this day and age. I'm in
370. 16:39my like upper 20s now. I guess is that
371. 16:43what 26 is? And there's a lot of life
372. 16:45changes constantly, things that are
373. 16:48going on in my personal life and
374. 16:49friendships, relationships, and I don't
375. 16:52know what I would do without therapy, to
376. 16:54be honest. So, if you're struggling and
377. 16:55think you'd benefit from a therapy
378. 16:57session, you definitely need to give
379. 16:59BetterHelp a try. Click the link in the
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383. 17:07therapy. Thank you so much again to
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385. 17:10And I'm in my little therapy nook now.
386. 17:14Okie dokie. Now it is time to start
387. 17:18making dinner. I don't know why I made
388. 17:19that sound so dramatic, but it's a
389. 17:23little bit before 400 p.m. And I
390. 17:27recently got this
391. 17:31guy right here. It's the Our Place Dream
392. 17:35Cooker. It's basically a crock pot, but
393. 17:38I'm an aesthetics person and I do need I
394. 17:42just I knew that I'd probably want to
395. 17:45keep it out and I wanted it to look nice
396. 17:47and crock-pots are fine looking, but
397. 17:49this just looks so good and it like
398. 17:51matches my vibe. So, I finally got one
399. 17:53and I made chili last week. It's
400. 17:56actually what I had for lunch today. It
401. 17:57was really good. So, today we're going
402. 17:59to make split pea soup. And something I
403. 18:02find very therapeutic is cooking, like
404. 18:05chopping the onions, listening to my
405. 18:07Bosan Nova, jazz music, Frank Sinatra,
406. 18:09whatever it may be. Um, so I'm going to
407. 18:11do just that today and I invited Ryan
408. 18:14over and he'll come over later tonight
409. 18:15when dinner's ready. But I want to kind
410. 18:17of get it all prepped right now. I think
411. 18:19the recipe I found, it's not like the
412. 18:21chili I made, you had to keep it cooking
413. 18:22for like 3 to 6 hours, but this I think
414. 18:25is just 45 minutes. But I kind of just
415. 18:28want to like make it now. That's where
416. 18:31I'm at right now.
417. 18:36[Music]
418. 18:55So, lol,
419. 18:59this recipe is not for crock pots. It's
420. 19:02just that's why it's so quick. It's
421. 19:04because
422. 19:06it's for a regular pot because you need
423. 19:09to like cook some of the things.
424. 19:13Please comment down below your favorite
425. 19:14crockpot recipes because I am so
426. 19:16embarrassed. But I mean it's fine. I
427. 19:18have a pot to cook it in. It's just
428. 19:20funny. Anyways, let's continue the
429. 19:21cooking montage.
430. 19:24[Music]
431. 19:31[Music]
432. 20:00Everything's simmering in there for
433. 20:02about 45 minutes. So, I'm going to take
434. 20:03a shower.
435. 20:08I'm listening to my jazz in here. I love
436. 20:10that I have the speakers in both rooms.
437. 20:11It's so nice. I just finished showering
438. 20:14and putting lotion all over my body. I
439. 20:17also did some more selftan on my face
440. 20:19cuz I still have a spray tan. So, I need
441. 20:21the face to match. But just doing all
442. 20:23the things while I wait for my food to
443. 20:26cook. It's that time of day for a tall
444. 20:29glass of kombucha.
445. 20:32No wine today. We're going kombucha.
446. 20:36I've been loving this little moment to
447. 20:38myself in the evenings. Kombucha truly
448. 20:41winds me down. I don't know how to
449. 20:43explain it. Just the way it feels in my
450. 20:46chest. I'm like, "Oo, I love it." So,
451. 20:48it's been my little evening treats and
452. 20:51kombucha soup is done. This is a true
453. 20:54labor of love right here. I literally
454. 20:56was like, "Oh, this is perfect. I'll
455. 20:57just pop it in and I don't have to touch
456. 20:59it." No, this was something I definitely
457. 21:01had to attend to, but it was therapeutic
458. 21:03and I had the time today, so that's
459. 21:04good. Um, I sent it to my mom and her
460. 21:08boyfriend. He's a chef. He was like,
461. 21:09"Did you have potatoes?" And the recipe
462. 21:10I used was from delish.com and there was
463. 21:12no potatoes. But you can see the ham,
464. 21:15the carrots. It smells so good. And I
465. 21:17had a little taste and it's good. Brian
466. 21:19will be here shortly so we can eat. I
467. 21:21pulled out the place mats. That's all
468. 21:23I've done so far, but I think it'll be a
469. 21:25nice setup. I also for my birthday, my
470. 21:27grandma and grandpa got me um a set of
471. 21:32eight of these or she said of my choice
472. 21:35um like dinner set. So, I got eight of
473. 21:38each thing. It looks great on camera,
474. 21:41but they're black. I absolutely love
475. 21:44them. I'm so excited. So, I think Ryan
476. 21:47and I can eat out of these bowls.
477. 21:50Actually, no. That is far too small. So,
478. 21:54we will do my my standard
479. 21:58these this time. But, um I am very
480. 22:01excited about my new plates and bowls
481. 22:03for sure. Instead of flowers this week,
482. 22:06Ryan brought me a pumpkin and I'm so
483. 22:08excited.
484. 22:10Oh, it's so beautiful. We have to make
485. 22:13pumpkin seeds.
486. 22:14There's pumpkin seeds in this one.
487. 22:15There's pumpkin seeds. It's nice and
488. 22:17big. Oh, you got all Oh, never mind. He
489. 22:20said there's always a dirty side.
490. 22:22They grow on the ground.
491. 22:23They grow on the ground. You're right.
492. 22:24This is stunning. I can't wait. Thank
493. 22:26you.
494. 22:29[Music]
495. 22:54Ryan just left. I took a shower, hair
496. 22:57wash, you know, like an everything
497. 22:58shower. Um, let's do showers today. Oh,
498. 23:01well, we had such a lovely evening. And
499. 23:03now I'm going to put Becca on and tell
500. 23:04me lies for a little bit while I fold
501. 23:07laundry because it's it's a reward. Um,
502. 23:10I also forgot I bought these and I want
503. 23:12to try them. These are kale chips. All
504. 23:15of a sudden, I'm really wanting like
505. 23:18something crunchy and salty.
506. 23:21I just don't know.
507. 23:24Kale chips.
508. 23:30Okay, that tastes really good. Kale,
509. 23:33sunflower seeds,
510. 23:35chickpea miso,
511. 23:38lemon juice, carrot, onion, garlic,
512. 23:40tomato, himalayan salt, and turmeric
513. 23:41powder. This feels like a really healthy
514. 23:43snack and it's definitely like
515. 23:49satisfying my craving for like a salty
516. 23:51chip. I'm impressed. I got these at
517. 23:54Whole Foods and I don't like things that
518. 23:57taste healthy as it's like vegetable and
519. 24:00this is good. So try these. Blow dry my
520. 24:04hair a little bit. I think I'm going to
521. 24:06wear it straight tomorrow which I don't
522. 24:08do as often anymore with the extensions.
523. 24:11But yeah, I'm going to blow out my
524. 24:13candle, turn off the TV, and go to bed
525. 24:17feeling very fulfilled, very grateful.
526. 24:21Today was such a nice, well-rounded day.
527. 24:23I just love my time alone and in my
528. 24:26apartment. It's the best. Um, I love you
529. 24:29guys so much. Thank you so much for
530. 24:31watching this video. I hope it inspired
531. 24:33you to have your own version of a mental
532. 24:35health day. And I'll see you guys next
533. 24:37time or next video. Bye.
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