Stage One Report NTU FMB

Tuesday, you can’t just throw yourself into it, you need to bring yourself down gradually and then build yourself up MB: I think you also have to want to do it as well, you can’t just be like oh, I’ll force myself CF: Yeah, I think that is kinda the point of it, it’s a conscious decision MB: You’ve got to want to slow down EH: It’s like going on a diet CF: Any change of life you have to be motivated MB: I’s got to be something that is going to come to you easily NE: Yeah that’s the thing MB: It would have to be something that you want to do and enjoy if not you’re just going to end up hating it EH: Yeah that’s not going to work RT: Do you think that you’d only revert to slow living after experiencing burnout or something like that?

MB: Yeah EH: I feel like we’re all like it’ll be such a good idea but, you only actually think after you’ve got to that point of exhaustion where you literally can’t do it anymore that you think okay, I should probably take on a slower life now MB: You don’t care about your mental health until it gets bad CF: Well I have said I’m going to do yoga for the last 3 years and it definitely, probably would have benefitted me, but have I done it? Nope EH: You need to start!

MB: There’s just so much other stuff you could be doing, it feels like a waste of time CF: Yeah because you don’t definitely know it’s going to benefit you, even though we have been told it will MB: I think when you’re not stressed it’s like why should I do something that is going to slow me down, but then when you get stressed, you’re like, oh maybe should have done that, and then it’s too late CF: But then you don’t have time EH: I think because we think our pace of life is normal and that’s just the norm, it must be okay. But if you actually think about it, just because it’s part of our routines to be busy and fast, it doesn’t make it okay RT: Yeah MB: Exactly CF: I think the headspace app is good, I’ve used it a few times but only in situations like exam stress, not consistently. I know that they work for me, but I don’t know if they work for me all year round or just like acute situations EH: Yeah, you know what to use them for 108