Diary Entry 1: How "Girltivities" Helped My Mental Health

june 10, 2026


Hey! It's Your Big Sister!


    Tonight's entry is gonna be a little different, as it's my first "Diary Entry" on this page. I talked about these in my "About Me" blog, so if you haven't checked that out please do, but basically these entries are gonna be less about giving advice and more so me just talking about what's on my mind, and things i'm interested in! So sit back, relax, and peek into your big sisters diary for a little bit :P. 

    So recently I've had this revelation about HOW important it is for me to stick to this routine I've set for myself, without even realizing I've set it in the first place?? About a month or so ago i got my wisdom teeth removed (ouch ;c) and basically spent that entire first week/ week and a half rotting (well, healing) in my bed at home and/or at my fiance's house, and by the end of it I was a sobbing mess, and i didn't know why! I had a full week off from work, i was resting, snacking, recovering very well, I should've been somewhat happy, right? Nope, I was crying in my man's bed not even being able to fully explain why besides the fact that i felt chopped. SOOOO i sat for awhile and thought about it, what was making me feel so shitty? Then it clicked. My hair wasn't done, I was breaking out, I hadn't shaved in ages and tbh, i was smelling a little ripe (sorry babe). I spent my entire week rotting, I didn't do ANYTHING I normally do on a weekly basis. 


    
For me, almost every week (tbh, EVERY week) I do the SAME thing every time, maybe not in the same exact order every time, but basically my week consists of what i call my "girltivities," which consists of my skincare routine daily (or every other day sometimes i forget :P), an everything shower at the end of the week, eyebrow wax (maybe every other week but tbh i grow hair like a man so basically cleaning my brows and face up every week atp), freshly blowing my hair out or styling my hair natural, all these different things I do to make myself feel good, I completely threw away that week, and was left in tears by the end of it! I'm a creature of habit and once I have a set routine, it HAS to happen, or my brain actually shuts down. I've noticed even in cases outside of this, like if I have set plans with someone and suddenly they change, it's like the world is ending and I can't help but lash out or be in tears (theirs gotta be some sort of mental illness hiding in that besides my anxiety, right?? hmm...) but ANYWAYS! I realized, i NEED to stick to this routine I've set for

myself, because when I do, I feel AMAZING the rest of the weekend/week! 

    A quick play by play example, I'll start my routines lets
say Wednesday, which includes my skincare, daily shower, wash my hair, then Thursday comes and I'm still doing the skincare and shower, maybe now doing my brows, Friday rolls around and we're now adding my fresh blowout and maybe getting my nails done/refilled, Saturday hits and we're doing the everything shower now with everything else from before (besides blowout, but still usually sitting and flat ironing my hair by this point), then Sunday through Tuesday I'm usually hanging with my fiancé, and i feel great the entire time! Hair is done, skin is hydrated and healthy, im silky smooth, smell amazing, etc., and i chill for those few days and stop doing basically everything (besides showering obvi,) then the cycle starts again!

    Does anyone else feel this way??? Am I crazy for having to religiously stick to this or else the world will combust? I genuinely feel like if i don't stick to this routine, theirs a good 85% chance I will have a BAD time and feel absolutely terrible about myself and the world until I do it. Basically don't make solidified plans with me and give up/change them last minute or I will have a breakdown and the entire world will collapse and end and i will DIE(jk kinda :D heh!!) Honestly I don't even have to do EVERYTHING in the routine every week, but it has to be MOSTLY stuck to or i feel like I'll lose my mind! I don't know if its because when I don't do those things, i feel chopped, or if its because I'm breaking away from my habit/routine and its breaking my brain, or both?? Is it just me yall?? I don't know >.<

    That's basically it I think :3 Let me know what you think, or don't, it's my diary anyways heh :P Maybe one day I'll be able to break away from habit and ritual, but honestly in this case, i don't think i ever want to break away from it. It makes me feel good and clean and pretty, and overall extremely happy, so why stop?? Blah that's it, okay bye!!!


See Ya Later! <3