"Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens"Tony DeLiso, Legacy: The Power Within

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Dreams helps us to drive towards goals and stay focussed. Improves your memory and broadens your thoughts.

Remember your dreams

Be proud to start your day with a completed task.

Make your bed

Drinking a glass of water in empty stomach, keeps the digestive track healthy

Drink a glass of water

Using non dominant hand for possible tasks, makes you smarter and strong

Non dominant hand

Deep breathing early morning for 15 min every day improves mindfulness

Breathing excercise

Drinking tea rich in antioxidants helps memory function and keeps the brain active

Brain Tea

Writing journal every day helps orient towards our goals, redefine them, makes us feel proud of our achievements

Journal your thoughts

15-20 min of high intensity workout keeps us in good health, sense of accomplishment and active during the day

Workout

Plan drinking different colored smoothies everyday. Colors bring smile and the smoothie takes care of the health

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Atleast 15 - 30 min of reading everyday. Suggestion : How does setting a goal of reading 52 books per year sound? HIghly ambitious but its possible :)

Read a book

Starting the first hour of your day with a list of productive activities will energise the whole day, makes you to accomplish more during the day and gives good satisfaction to end the day with a big smile.

Reserve the first hour 

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Living artfully / artistically is living in the present moment. Artful / Artistic living as a lifestyle. Being present as a lifestyle. Normalising being present. 💜Normalising art. 💜

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Resonance, when inner and outer world are in sync. 

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Frustration is a feeling people experience when they are upset or annoyed. It’s a normal reaction when dealing with situations outside of your control.

What is frustration?

The first step to dealing with frustration is to notice that you’re feeling. Believe it or not, but it’s not always easy to notice frustration arising. Fortunately, there is a way to get better at noticing frustration: meditation. With meditation, you simply become more attuned to feelings and sensations in your body. That way, when you notice that frustration is coming up for you, you can take action to lower it instead of taking it out on those you care about. One of the <a href="https://declutterthemind.com/blog/100-scientific-benefits-of-meditation/">benefits of meditation </a>is that it helps you become more self-aware in the present moment.

1. Meditate

While some parks, stores, and public places may be closed in specific cities around the world, in most countries, no one is stopping you from getting some fresh air. Whether you spend some time in your backyard or on your balcony, getting some of that fresh air can do your body good. If you own a pet, you might enjoy taking some time to walk it a few more times a day than usual to get some of that warm sunshine glowing upon you. While outdoors, be sure to mindfully breathe. Being out in nature is one of the best places you can ever be.

2. Get some fresh air

Exercise is one of the healthiest ways to deal with frustration. Instead of carrying all that pent up energy inside of you, you can release it through your physical movements. During your most frustrated moments, go for a run. If you’re feel really angry, you can gently punch the air as you move forward. You’ll notice that it actually feels good. You can also do other cardio such as dance if you want to transition from a mood of frustration to one of happiness. In all of these cases, you’re improving your physical health and dealing with frustration in a way that makes you stronger.

3. Exercise

When we’re frustrated, we sometimes use our words to hurt people we care about to get back at them for causing the frustration. However, verbally attacking someone doesn’t solve the problem, it only magnifies it. There’s an actionable book by Marshall Rosenberg called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Life-Changing-Relationships-ebook/dp/B014OISVU4/">Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life </a>that breaks down how to communicate your needs to other people. A cause of frustration may stem from not having our needs met. However, if we fail to know how to communicate those needs to others, we end up having to deal with frustration for years.

4. Practice nonviolent communication

Positive visualization can help calm your frustrations. You can use Declutter The Mind’s <a href="https://declutterthemind.com/guided-meditation/anxiety/">Visualization for Anxiety meditation </a>on the app to help you visualize a ball of light flowing through you to help you ease the tension in your body. The aim of the visualization is to shift your focus on something else to help you deal with frustration.

5. Focus on positive visualization

When a negative thought enters your mind, think of a piece of evidence that counters it. For example, you might think to yourself, “I forgot to buy eggs at the grocery store, I’m so forgetful.” However, telling yourself that you’re a forgetful person is a permanent way to describe yourself for making a tiny mistake. Instead, think to yourself, “I forgot to buy eggs because I didn’t include it on the grocery list due to being busier than usual today. I can pick some up tomorrow.” That way, you include a reason for not buying eggs and you also include a solution.

6. Change the tone of your thoughts

When we deal with frustration, we often put all of our focus on the problem instead of the solution. When you find that a problem is growing bigger, create a list of all the solutions. That way, you remind yourself that the problem is fixable. Frustration is fixable too.

7. Look for solutions, not problems

Experiencing frustration is part of being human. However, here’s some good news for you: frustration passes. When you find that burning ball is in your chest, taking a deep breath, and remembering that this isn’t a permanent state can help you deal with frustration. Obstacles and challenges don’t last forever. However, nothing is permanent. Eventually, as time passes, you’ll notice your frustrations do. Avoid making permanent decisions to solve temporary problems. In this present moment, you’re in full control of how you feel and react to your frustration. Choose your next step wisely.

8. This too shall pass

There are two types of frustrated people in the world: those who ruminate on their thoughts and those who take action. Those who ruminate on their thoughts tend to make a small problem an impossible one. And those who take action usually by distracting themselves eventually move on. If you find that something is frustrating you, it’s important to distract yourself with a different task. Maybe you play <a href="https://declutterthemind.com/blog/anxiety-relief-games/">anxiety relief games </a>, exercise, or watch a show. Avoid calling a friend to talk about your problem because that may cause the rumination to escalate.

9. Distract yourself

You probably don’t want to write your negative thoughts about people or situations on paper. Paper can be found and accidentally read by others. The best strategy is to type it all out and immediately deleting it without sending it. If you think sharing your thoughts needs to be heard to help you come to a solution, give yourself a few hours to cool down. And when you do write something out be sure to include actions that you and others can take to help resolve your frustrations.

10. Add a journal entry about it

Frustration is one of the most crippling feelings. Here's how to break out of it with 10 ways to deal with frustration.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save money. That’s a very LIMITED LIFE. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact. THAT IS—EVERYTHING AROUND YOU THAT YOU CALL LIFE WAS MADE UP BY PEOPLE NO SMARTER THAN YOU. And you can change it. You can influence it. . . . Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.

SimpleThere’s no point dwelling in the past and letting it define you, nor in getting lost in anxiety about the future. In the present moment, you’re in the field of possibility. How you engage with the present moment will direct your life. This is Bending Reality.Think of happiness in the now and vision for the future as two ingredients that can be combined, but that have to be in balance. Too much of one or the other creates imbalance and limitation. Depending on how they’re combined, at any moment in life, we can be in one of four different states of mind.

WHAT IS THE IDEA OF 'BENDING REALITY'?

BENDING REALITY: This is the ideal state where you’re happy in the now, and you have a vision for the future that drives you. Your vision pulls you forward, but you’re happy now—despite not having yet attained that vision. When you’re in this state, there’s a feeling of growth and enjoyment. It’s about the journey as well as the destination. An interesting observation about this state is that it often seems as if the universe “has your back"!

SO THE DEFINITION OF BENDING REALITY IS

Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man

Call it what you want—but it starts to feel as if you’re lucky. The right opportunities, ideas, and people seem to gravitate to you. It’s as if your happiness is rocket fuel moving you toward your vision.

Law 1: Transcend the Culturescape: Choose the ideas and values selectively yourselfLaw 2: Question the Brules: Also called the Bull S**t rules that no longer work out for you.Maybe there are certain rules which no longer work out for you in the present. Just like how your computer software needs an update every time...The rules that you've been following need to update too!

AND HERE'S THE LAWS

<ul><li>The first is to spend time with people who are good for your mental health.</li><li>The second is to CHOOSE to see the good, the lesson, or the blessing in everything.</li><li>The third is to LIVE YOUR WAY. Follow your intuition and not feel guilty for doing things your own way.</li><li>Fourth is to take care of yourself. Your physical, mental and spiritual health.</li><li>And finally the fifth is to Believe, trust, and let go.</li></ul>

5 simple tips to bring more happiness into your life.

And the 6 phases are1. Compassion: Imagine an expanding bubble of compassion surrounding you and let this bubble expand slowly from your room where you are sitting to throughout the universe.2. Gratitude: Ponder of the things you are grateful for.3. Forgiveness (Happiness in the now): Grudges towards yourself or someone? Imagine that person right in front of you and tell them that you've forgiven them and ask the same from their side as well. You can imagine giving them a hug too!

THE 6 PHASE MEDITATION

4. Future dreams (A Vision for the Future): What are your dreams for the future? How do you see yourself 5 years from now?Ask yourself and imagine them.5. The Perfect Day: What is your ideal day like? What's your ideal routine for today? Imagine!6. The Blessing: And finally ask the Divine for the blessings. Try to imagine it as light showering right all over you from your head to toe.While you are meditation ponder and about all these 6 important phases of your life.You can give a minute or two for each phase.So that will be a duration of approx 6 minutes in total.

THE 6 PHASE MEDITATION (continued)

Exercise 1: What's your refresh rate in all the areas of your life?For example in your normal workout routine, you can optimize it by trying new workouts every month. This challenges you and makes your normal exercise routine even more exciting! Exercise 2: What are your setpoints and measurements for your growth?Step 1: Identify the areas of your life where you want to create setpoints.Step 2: Determine your set points.ExampleAREA: MINDFULNESSSETPOINT: RATING MYSELF FROM 1 TO 5 AS TO HOW MINDFUL I AM IN THE PRESENT. IF IT'S WITHIN THE RANGE OF 4 OR 5 THEN A GREEN SIGNAL IF NOT THEN REFLECTION

ACTION PLAN: WHAT'S YOUR REFRESH RATE?

Have big goals—but don’t tie your happiness to your goals. You must be happy before you attain them.We shouldn’t do things so we can be happy. We should be happy so we can do things.Extraordinary minds are able to bend reality. They have bold and exciting visions for the future, yet their happiness is not tied to these visions. They are happy in the now. This balance allows them to move toward their visions at a much faster rate while having a ton of fun along the way. To outsiders, they seem “lucky.”

GENTLE REMINDER!

1. What experiences do you want to have in this lifetime?2. How do you want to grow?3. How do you want to contribute?Just ask yourself this question below:“If time and money were no object and I did not have to seek anyone’s permission, what kinds of experiences would my soul crave?”

THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

v Your Love Relationship: v Your Friendships: v Your Adventures: v Your Environment: v Your Health and Fitness: v Your Intellectual Life: v Your Skills: v Your Spiritual Life: v Your Career: v Your Creative Life: v Your Family Life: v Your Community Life:

Rate yourself from 1-10 in the 12 areas of your life:

“Remember you are way intelligent than the ones who’ve created these so-called ideas and values which have passed their expiration dates. Remember You can influence and change the world and BEND REALITY AND LIVE THAT EXTRAORDINARY PURPOSEFUL LIFE!”

I've added all the essential exercises mentioned in the book in the stash below. These mindful exercises and certain questions which you can ask yourself are indeed a gem and definitely must be included in your existing mindfulness practice or journaling habit for a more enhanced overall development. A ONE-STOP SOLUTION INDEED!

Everything we know about the world today follows an invisible set of rules-how we work, love, parent, spend our money, and define success. But what if we could remove these outdated ideas and start anew? What would our lives look like if we could redefine the meaning of happiness, purpose, and success? The Code of the Extraordinary Mind blends computational thinking, integral theory, modern spirituality, evolutionary biology, and a little bit of humor to provide a revolutionary framework for re-coding ourselves with new, empowering beliefs and behaviors so we can live extraordinary lives. Throughout, Vishen Lakhiani shares transformative insights from legendary thinkers including Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Arianna Huffington, among others, helping us to think like the greatest creative minds of our era-questioning, challening, and creating new rules for our lives. Lakhiani's 10 laws help us retrain our minds to grow and achieve more than we ever thought was possible, showing us that we do not need to follow convention and can succeed on our own terms no matter where we are starting from.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • What if everything we think we know about how the world works—our ideas of love, education, spirituality, work, happiness, and love—are based on Brules (bullsh*t rules) that get passed from generation to generation and are long past their expiration date? This book teaches you to think like some of the greatest non-conformist minds of our era, to question, challenge, hack, and create new rules for YOUR life so you can define success on your own terms. The Code of the Extraordinary Mind is a blueprint of laws to break us free from the shackles of an ordinary life. It makes a case that everything we know about the world is shaped by conditioning and habit. And thus, most people live their lives based on limiting rules and outdated beliefs about pretty much everything—love, work, money, parenting, sex, health, and more—which they inherit and pass on from generation to generation. But what if you could remove these outdated ideas and start anew? What would your life look like if you could forget the rules of the past, and redefine what happiness, purpose, and success mean for you? Not Just a Book, but a Movement Blending computational thinking, integral theory, modern spirituality, evolutionary biology, and humor, personal growth entrepreneur Vishen Lakhiani provides a revolutionary 10-point framework for understanding and enhancing the human self. You will learn about bending reality. You will learn how to apply unique models like consciousness engineering to help you learn and grow at speeds like never before.You will learn to make a dent in the universe and discover your quest. This framework is based on Lakhiani’s personal experiences, the 5 million people he’s reached through Mindvalley, and 200 hours of interviews and questions posed to incredible minds, including Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Peter Diamandis, Ken Wilber, Dean Kamen, Arianna Huffington, Michael Beckwith, and other legendary leaders. In a unique fusion of cutting-edge ideas, personal stories, irreverence, and a brilliant teaching style, Lakhiani reveals the 10 powerful laws that form a step-by-step process that you can apply to life to shed years of struggle and elevate yourself to exceptional new heights. The 10 Laws to an Extraordinary Life This book challenges conventional ideas of relationships, goal-setting, mindfulness, happiness, and meaning. In a unique fusion of cutting-edge ideas, personal stories, and humorous irreverence, and not to mention, humor and napkin diagrams, this framework combines computational thinking with personal growth to provide a powerful framework for re-coding yourself—and replacing old, limiting models that hold you back with new, empowering beliefs and behaviors that set you on the path toward an extraordinary life. A life of more happiness and achievement than you might have dared to dream possible. Once you discover the code, you will question your limits and realize that there are none. Step into a new understanding of the world around you and your place in it, and find yourself operating at a new, extraordinary level in every way...happiness, purpose, fulfilment, and love. This Book Is a Living, Breathing Manifesto That Goes Beyond a Traditional Publication For those who want more, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind connects to a full on immersive experience including ways for you to dive into particular chapters to unlock additional videos or training and connect with each other and the author to learn via peer-to-peer learning networks.

Vishen Lakhiani is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Vishen Lakhiani has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Vishen Lakhiani's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

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"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

"All things are difficult before they are easy."

"Try and fail,but don't fail to try."

"We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."

"Dont count the things you do, do the things that count."

"Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit."

"Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation"

"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."

"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality."

"Don't be afraid to be amazing."

﻿"If you can dream it, you can do it."

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started"

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."

"Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it."

"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

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Seek wealth, not money or status. Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep. Money is how we transfer time and wealth. Status is your place in the social hierarchy.

Understand that ethical wealth creation is possible. If you secretly despise wealth, it will elude you.

Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.

You’re not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity - a piece of a business - to gain your financial freedom.

You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get. At scale

Pick an industry where you can play long term games with long term people

The Internet has massively broadened the possible space of careers. Most people haven't figured this out yet.

Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.

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How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) by Naval Ravikant

At its core, Vipassana is a meditation technique that helps you “explore the nature of reality”. Vipassana can be translated as “Iisight,” a clear awareness of exactly what is happening as it happens. By learning to observe our ‘reality’, and practice non-reaction to sensation, we begin to intimately understand the nature of life as impermanent, the root of all human suffering and remove the walls of illusion, craving, and aversion.
The practice of Vipassana suggests that we can only TRULY know through experience. This is now something you can apply to Product Management. Do not underestimate the power of doing. It allows us to go beyond conceptualizing, to a much deeper, more impactful level, ingraining themselves in our mind in a way that superficial processing can not.

Vipassana: Immersion

Stepping back is a practice we can take for granted. 
Observing thoughts, memories, emotions, or situations — whether retrospectively or in the moment — gives you, as a PM the ability to understand and empathize with your customers more deeply and to be kinder to yourself.

Gaining Clarity And Perspective

As Product Managers, it can be easy to get caught up in success or wallow in failures. But your products have little momentum of their own. 
By recognizing the impermanence of your products, you can be more pro-active in ensuring they continue performing, or turn around a sinking ship.

Impermanence

Deep thought work is crucial to the Product Manager mindset. With your work, no stone is left unturned. Multiple iterations and approaches must be thought through. 
Training that muscle will heighten your ability to go deep, to think more clearly and more deeply than ever before. And this, perhaps, is the most vital skill a product manager can have.

The Focus Muscle

Product Managment and Meditation: An Outstanding article.

Can you meditate your way to better Product Management? Paul Wissam honed his product management skills by attending 10-day mediation retreat.

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When you work towards your happiness, you work towards bringing yourself back to the present moment.Because happiness lives in the NOW.Rest all is non existant.

A strange sense of tranquility, a feeling of peace within, the awareness of being in the moment, I don't know what it's called...but this feeling comes and goes and when it stays, we want that state of awareness to stay forever. LET'S CALL IT 'THE JOY OF BEING PRESENT IN THE MOMENT.' With ZERO thoughts about the past and the future. Just being in the now. Right now! Totally focused on the moment.

HAVE YOU EVER FELT THIS FEELING?

You realize that the moment is silent, calm, a whole different world or the "REAL WORLD".All of this while, we were living inside of our heads, in a world that is non-existant, a world that is full of noise, chaos, confusion, worries. Dwindling in the past or the future. But once we start living in the real world, the silent moment of "Being in the moment", that's mindfulness.

IT'S AN AMAZING FEELING

You know, this feeling of BEING IN THE MOMENT was very strong during our childhood days. Fewer worries. More focus on the now, in fact, we had mastered the art of mindfulness when we were young. Remember how much we felt the slightest tinge of happiness even while gazing at the blue sky, how much excited we felt jumping over the puddles during the rainy days, or getting up after a really bad fall and playing football forgetting all our pain and bruises behind.

REMEMBER OUR CHILDHOOD DAYS?

The word 'loneliness' was nonexistent. However 'solitude' was something which we definitely enjoyed. Awareness! Isn't it true? As we grow up, we forget the inner child within us. We start seeking companionship in others before finding the companionship in ourselves FIRST! We fear being alone because we think being alone is equivalent to being lonely and being lonely is equivalent to becoming lost in the past or the future.

The word 'loneliness' was nonexistent

<ol><li>Take a step back from social media. Yup, a social media detox is a must!</li><li>Become mindful about the things that you feed your brain. Remember you become what you feed your mind. Try to avoid reading stuff that brings in negativity like reading or watching the news first thing in the morning.</li><li>Exercise! Run, play outdoors, let your body move!</li><li>Talk out to your beloved ones.</li><li>Listen or even dance to your favourite music</li><li>Eat your favourite chocolate! You can reward yourself with your favourite food once you complete your task of the day!</li><li>Journal and write down the things that you are grateful for.</li></ol>

So how to enjoy "solitude" and practice being in the moment?

I can list down n number of ideas....BUT TO SUM THAT UP....DO THE THING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY! YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT! IF THERE WAS AN UNFINISHED ARTWORK, FINISH IT NOW! If there was someone whom you've felt talking to for a long time, go ahead, reach out to them! In short, when you work towards your happiness, you work towards bringing yourself back to the present moment.Because happiness lives in the Now! And so do you! So now if I ask you to rate yourself from 1 to 5...It must definitely be a 5 on 5! HIGH 5!

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Has ever your mind drifted back to the past or got lost into the future? Well, this article is for you! 

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT? RATE YOURSELF FROM 1 TO 5.

There’s no doubt that today’s modern lifestyle can be stressful. Between work, family, and social obligations, it can be hard to make time for yourself. But it’s important to find the time.Relaxing can help keep you healthy, in both your body and mind, helping you recover from the everyday stresses that life throws at you. Luckily, no matter how busy you are, it’s simple to learn how to create time for chilling and also how to best relax.If you can find five minutes of your day for yourself, you can easily slip in a simple relaxation strategy. Here are some easy ways to help relax:

Breathing exercises<a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/box-breathing"> </a>are one of the simplest relaxation strategies, and can effectively calm your stressed-out body and mind anywhere at any time. Sit or lay down in a quiet and safe place such as on your bed or the floor in your home and put one of your hands on your belly. Breathe in to a slow count of three, and then breathe out to the same slow count of three. Feel your belly rise and fall as you breathe in and out. Repeat five times, or as long as you need to feel relaxed.

#1. Breathe it out. 

When we feel mentally stressed, we often feel physically stressed as well. Releasing any physical tension can help relieve stress in your body and mind. Lay on a soft surface, such as your bed, a carpet, or a yoga mat. Tense up one part of your body at a time, and then slowly release your muscles. As you do this, notice how your body sensations change. Many people start either with the muscles in their face or those their toes, and then work their way through the muscles across their bodies to the opposite end.

#2. Release physical tension. 

Getting things off your mind by writing them down may help you relax. When you feel stressed, take a few minutes to write down some short notes about how you’re feeling or how your day is going. You might do this in a notebook or in a notes app on your smartphone. Don’t worry about being poetic or spelling everything correctly. Just focus on expressing yourself to help release some of your stress.

#3. Write down your thoughts. 

Making a list about what you’re grateful for can help some people feel relaxed. Experts say that when we’re stressed, we tend to focus on the negative parts of life rather than the positive. Thinking about the positive parts of your life and writing them down may help you chill out. Try to think of three good things that happened to you today and write them down, even if they’re small things like getting to work on time or eating a delicious lunch.

#4. Make a list. 

Have you ever heard the expression “find your happy place”? Sit in a quiet and safe place, such as your bedroom, and begin to think about a place in the world where you feel most calm. Close your eyes and imagine all the details linked to that place: the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tactile feelings. For example, if you think of the beach, you might imagine calm waves, the sound of children playing in the sand, the smell of sunscreen, the taste of cool ice cream and the feel of gritty sand under your feet. The more you get into your visualization, the more you can relax.

#5. Visualize your calm. 

Spending just a few minutes in nature when you feel stressed may help you relax. When you’re feeling stressed, take a step outside and go for a short walk, or simply sit in nature. But you don’t necessarily need to be in nature to feel its stress-reducing effects. Scientists have found that simply looking at images of nature with greenery for five minutes on a computer screen can help calm you down. So, thanks to technology, even people living and working in big cities far from nature can still experience its calming effects.

#6. Connect to nature. 

Learning how to relax can prevent a host of stress-related ailments from headaches and fatigue to irritability and poor performance at work or school. Techniques such as breathing, visualization, and enjoying nature are just a few effective ways to relax that you can do today.

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