Lifestyle & Culture
Mental Health Awareness: Understanding Your Well Being And Its Importance
Mental health is a state of our mental well being, it is a huge part of health in general. It enables people to cope with stresses of life and to contribute to their community. Mental Health is something that was hardly acknowledged till the current generation, as the world developed so does the stress that comes with life.
Mental health is now treated with delicateness and has its own month and day dedicated to spreading awareness of it. The month dedicated to mental health awareness is the month of May and for the day, October 10th.
Ways mental health affects a person:
1. It can cause depression.
2. It can cause you to fall ill physically as well as mentally.
3. It affects your daily activities.
Problems of mental health can be caused by bullying, trauma, childhood abuse, any form of abuse, long term stress, and even poverty.
What are the ways to take care of your health?
1. Mental health should be treated the way you would treat yourself physically.
2. Exercise, this can lift up your spirits in terms of being satisfied with your appearance or goal.
3. Setting goals
4. Sleep and Relax
5. Find time to put in fun activities of relaxing activities in between your hectic days
6. Stay Positive
7. Eat Healthy
Lifestyle & Culture
Generation Change (Gen Z Sets A Mark): Cultural, Technology And Social Impact
We have all seen how the world has evolved from technology to communication to growth, but we can definitely say the generation as well has grown and its setting a mark. The Generation Z started out from the year 1997 to 2012, the people born in this range have managed to change a lot and the world perspective also changed in between these years.
Cultural Impact
The generation Z have helped redefine culture and their values, setting trends like bringing back clothing style from the 16th century, corsets, as a Yoruba style for Owambe and as regular outfits in the modern world.
Nowadays a lot of people from the Gen Z can’t even speak their native languages but can speak foreign language. How did this happen? Well of course it is nit everyone but majority have set a change in not knowing their native language.
Technological Impact
This is one of the highest influences by the Gen Z, it started out small from Instagram, twitter and even Snapchat. Covid came about in 2019-2020, and a new social media app developed which is Tik Tok. Tik tok has now becomes highly successful since the lockdown, keeping people entertained and guess who started the Application quite well, The Gen Z.
Due to the high use of the app by the Gen Z others started taking interest and soon enough the recognition got high. 63% of teenagers use the Application actively while 70% are users from the age between 18-34 years old.
Social And Political Impact
With the new generation there have been more bold movements worldwide. For example there are racial justice movements and climate change. While for Africa, there are movement by the youths for the rights of the people, there are movements that want justice for the wrongs that have happened.
These movements keep increasing and gaining the support of the youths. The youths are also now actively interested in the politics of their country, when it comes to voting they are now aware of their rights.
Conclusion
Definitely the change that has happened in the past years are here to stay, Gen Z is the next generation and are starting out new things, new accomplishments, new standards and new achievements.
Entertainment
8 Best Places To Travel To Spend Your Christmas Holiday
Looking for places to feel the holiday spirit, well here is a recommendation of where you can travel to.
Here Is A List Of Places To Travel
1. Lagos, Nigeria ; Believe or not Lagos is one of the most popular place during the holiday to have a detty December.
2. New York City: New York is known for their winter wonderland and Christmassy environment. With the town square celebrations for New Year ’s Eve and broadways with special performances for Christmas alone.
3. London: London is known for its cold and snow as well as the Christmassy vibes. Want to build a snow man? Head here to have that experience. London also holds traditional carol services at the St. Paul’s Cathedral.
4. Cape Town: Looking to spend Christmas in the sun, this is where to be. Celebrate Christmas with a picnic, on the beach with no snow in sight. Cape Town is also known for its many activities like mountain climbing with breathtaking views.
5. Paris: Love and Christmas? Count me in, want to spend Christmas under fairy lights feel like you’re in your own movie. Spend your Christmas in Paris. The Eiffel Tower will almost be beautifully lit for the holidays. You can also visit Ice skating rinks and slide away.
6. Lapland, Finland: Finland is known as the home of the mythical legend, Santa Claus. The town gifts the people with a Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi. The environment is also covered with snow giving the perfect festive scenery.
7. Berlin, Germany: Berlin is known for their lovely Christmas market just perfect for the holidays. Tourists get to enjoy the magical markets and get gifts for loved ones back at home. Ice Skating is also quite popular in this country.
8. Montreal, Canada: Want a perfect white Christmas? Here is where you are meant to be. Montreal provides a cozy and festive setting perfect for the holidays.
Entertainment
Photo- 2024 Review Checklist with Fire9Ja: Reflect, Celebrate, Achieve!
A New Year is just around the corner, its time to look back at 2024 and see you achieved and what you missed. We all started this year with a resolution how far did you go? Did you accomplish it, did you find new inspirations for your 2025 resolutions.
Well use this picture and mentally check for a fresh.
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