5 Ways to Clear Your Mind When You Need a Break
How often do you feel that everything’s happening too fast?
Now, more than ever, it’s easier to be overwhelmed. Under the weight of living, many are prone to give up. But we’re not here to let you quit, ever.
Sure, this article was inspired by the COVID-19 predicament we’re all going through. However, working on one’s mental health is an everyday task that’s universally applicable.
This timeless struggle can take its toll on everyone, so we’re here to help. Check out our best tips to relax when the world’s a bit too much.
Meditate
Arguably, there’s no better time to take up meditation than now. Breathing exercised might not work for everyone as they can increase anxiety in some cases. To contrast, meditation helps the mind go back to its neutral state of relaxation.
Sometimes it’s helpful to just sit down and be in the moment before all the overthinking stops.
Teach yourself to be comfortable being alone, sitting or lying down, being present right when and where you are. Connecting your mental state with the physical presence is essential to your road to self-sufficiency.
Lifelong Learning
Long passed are days when everything you can know is taught at school only. Your major is but a line in your resume if you don’t try and make the best of it. Build on your existing knowledge by acquiring new skills.
Are you into languages? Check out those free language apps and start picking up new vocabulary now that you’re under no pressure to learn it. It’s much easier to study when you’re not required to.
Or perhaps you want more practical skills? Luckily, LinkedIn has recently released the list of the most profitable business skills for 2020. If you choose one and devote yourself to learning it, you’ll make a better candidate in your future employment pursuits.
Mind Your Diet
With all this time at our hands, one would think everyone will start home-cooking. From what we’ve read online, delivery services have never been busier.
Ordering food is not the worst thing in the world, but even if you do, make sure you know what you’re eating. Don’t stock up on pasta and pizza every day pretending to celebrate Italian cuisine.
Instead, get informed on healthy nutrition. Check out what ingredients you might be having in excess and what you need more of. Learn the difference between minerals, vitamins, and proteins. Make sure your diet is diverse and colourful.
And if you don’t feel like letting the internet preach you to go plant-based, follow this simple rule. When in doubt, make a rainbow plate.
That means your meals should have at least three colours. For example, rise, broccoli, tomatoes, and cashews can be considered a rainbow dish.
Never Stop Playing
Playing is one of the basic human needs. Taking a breather is a must you should never deprive yourself of.
Be it sports, darts, pool or online gaming, you should never stop playing.
To demonstrate what we mean, we’ll take live casino games as an example. Live Teen Patti, which comes from India, is currently one of the hottest live dealer games on the market. It is a game of skills, which means that you have to think logically to win. However, it is also very similar to poker, but even simpler. So you won’t be banging your head against the desk to grasp Teen Patti.
As long as you keep it a hobby and under control, it can hurt nobody. Plus, you can play the game – or any other title – for free at some venues.
The overarching idea is to keep play part of your everyday. Relaxing is not a sin but a necessity. The fast-paced world we’re living in might be telling you otherwise, but you need to give everything a break now and then.
Gradually Change Your Mindset
Finally, we’ve come to the 5 – practicing what we preach. Listing out things that we “should do” and never doing them is easy. But we’re not like that, and neither are you.
In the final step of our transition to a better self, we’re looking to apply all that we’ve learnt so far. The skills that you’ve been getting better at should give you hope that everything is possible. After taking on a new hobby for a while, you should turn and look back at yourself at the beginning. So much will have changed. You will have a change.
Adopting a new approach to life, people and circumstances should, as an objective, come easy to you. Accepting things that you cannot change as they are is also the ultimate goal.
You will get out of this mess stronger than ever.
