My personal August challenge

I've been thinking a lot about my own personal health. Actually I've been thinking a lot about the word "health" and what it really means.

According to dictionary.com:

health 

[helth] noun

1.

the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor:

good health; poor health.

2.

soundness of body or mind; freedom from disease or ailment:

to have one's health; to lose one's health.

3.

a polite or complimentary wish for a person's health, happiness,etc., especially as a toast:

We drank a health to our guest of honor.

4.

vigor; vitality:

economic health.

I'd say that physically, I'm as healthy as I've ever been! I mean, I eat a healthy, well balanced diet. I stay hydrated. I exercise regularly.

My mental health on the other hand, this is where I'm truly lacking. My boyfriend can attest to me having definite sane and neurotic days. My sane days are awesome! I'm positive, happy, easy going, and just stoked on life. My neurotic days can be mild, or severe. A mild neurotic day can consist of me being generally happy and positive, but feeling kind down in the dumps about just one aspect of my life (generally it's a body-image thing that I'm almost certain every woman deals with). A severe neurotic day happens without notice. It's like a ticking time bomb. A negative memory or thought will surface and from that moment on, nothing is good enough. These days leave me feeling anxious and drained from worry. Worry about the past, worry about the present, and worry about the future. We've all experienced those days where nothing can seem to get you out of that shitty, shitty mood. We feel under-appreciated, under-accomplished, full of self-hate and negativity and the day is spent swallowing back tears. Or is that just how my severely neurotic days go?

So I've decided to challenge myself to spend August living life in the present with the hopes that it will ease my neurotic mind. My plan of attack is as follows:

• Upon waking choose a positive thought to carry throughout my day. Focus on something I am grateful for. Have some sort of positive intention to revert back to when my  mind starts spiraling down a negative path.
• Read more. What better way to escape from reality when I'm feeling all mopey than by reading a book! 
• Quit my social-media addiction. I spend countless hours on Facebook or Instagram insta-face-creeping other people's lives throughout the day. I think to myself (on my neurotic days) "wow! now his/her life looks perfect!" It's so easy to do this. I have the apps on my phone, the bookmarks on my laptop, and spare time to creep as much as I'd like. I even creep myself. I look back at my past and think if I had acted differently, how would things be now? And for what? I get nothing out of it but less hours in the day to do something positive and meaningful. So, aside from the occasional status updates for my business pages, I am quitting social media snooping for a month. Wish me luck!

How will you spend August to make a positive change in your life?