A rule of thumb is too much of anything can lead to major burnout.
However, a major trending phrase that I have not only come about but use all the time is rotting. Rotting girl winter just passed so I thought this would be a fabulous time to talk about it.
Rotting is when you just lay in bed all day and do absolutely nothing. Maybe do some scrolling or watch some videos. Where the term can be used as a bad thing since rotting usually means wasting away, but like some others, I also see this activity as a great form of self-care.
Sometimes when university gets too much, or you have been leading up to extreme burnout, a rot day is needed. Personally, I have a rot day when I have been too overwhelmed or overstimulated.
Rotting, especially when your social battery has died, is a great way to recharge. Just sitting in bed and letting the thoughts drift away is just like a nice reset for the body.
I can see how that one day in bed turns into ten or if you are using that rotting to nap the entire day away.
This trend can then quickly become a bad and anti-productive habit since it can mess up your sleep schedule.
I have even asked my friends who say when they do it, it strengthens the relationship they have with themselves because it is uninterrupted me-time.
However, I deeply think that the pressures that social media and society portray that you should be productive 100 per cent of the time are just unrealistic, and that is why I am such an advocate for finding joy in doing nothing. With many different forms of self-discipline tasks that can be helpful trending all over social media, I think breaking that standard to realise that resting is not something that humans should be made to feel guilty for breaks down some of these idealizations.
As much as the ‘Clean girl’ and ‘It girl’ trends can be great to support looking after yourself and productivity, I do think there should be a middle ground that gives a glimpse that when it comes to mental health it is okay to have a day in bed and to be kind to yourself when doing so instead of getting consumed by guilt let go and be consumed by some cozy bed sheets.
Hot girls do, in fact, rot.
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