1. Practice Focusing
Also known as meditation, focusing can be like a lightning rod for anxiousness.  Originally created by founding father, Benjamin Franklin, a lightning rod “attempts to carry the harmful electrical current away from the structure and safely to ground.”  When you focus on anything or nothing, your mind carries away the anxious thoughts from the forefront of your consciousness.  It doesn’t solve any problems except for if your problem is overthinking.Â
2. Practice self-soothing/care
Everyone has a different idea of what self-care looks like for themselves. For some women, it’s a soothing bath. For others it’s curling up with a book for a half-hour or hour each night. Whatever it is you like doing, make sure you make time to do it on most days.
If you have trouble finding time for self-care, I’ve found time by examining my sleep schedule.  I realized I had been sleeping for ten hours every night.  A Harvard Medical School article stated, “Too little or too much sleep can increase your perception of fatigue.” So, not only will you feel better for getting the right amount of sleep, you might get a couple extra hours in your day.
3. Practice kindness/Empathy
Empathy is something that comes natural to me, but I’ve had to learn it does not for everyone.  If you’re part of the latter group, a great way to learn empathy would be to kindle a relationship with someone who is empatheic.  Getting an up-close look at someone’s natural ability to be empathetic will show you exactly how you can implement it in your life. Â
Empathy/kindness will relieve your anxiety by reminding you that there is more to the world than your worries.  By giving you perspective, empathy automatically shrinks your anxiety.  When your anxiety is smaller, you will have a clearer mind to think logically about those troubles.Â
4. Learn logic
Logic is an actual field of study and is a skill which serves as an alternative way to think about/solve your problems. Since anxiety is full of emotional feelings, and not everyone in your life will always be sympathetic to those feelings, it’s best to learn what is a standard school of thought so you can apply it when you can.
I learned at a class one time that we can’t control our feelings, but we can control how we react to them.  Learning logic will give you an upper hand when trying to persuade someone to your idea about your feelings.  Think of it as a weapon on the battlefield of ideas. Â
5. Get fresh air/sunlight regularly & get movingÂ
If you’re not getting fresh air/sunlight/activity you’re failing your body in a critical way. The human body is evolved to function better when it has that TLC. This evolutionary change is related to our human past as hunters/gatherers. “Notably, the parts of the brain most taxed during a complex activity such as foraging — areas that play a key role in memory and executive functions such as problem solving and planning — are the same areas that seem to benefit from exercise in studies.”
Practicing this ritual can also be a great way to help clear your mind.
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