Relax
Rest should ideally make up 42% of your day – about 10 hours (as recommended in Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski: this includes sleep, exercise, socialising and eating). Anxiety and tiredness are closely related and mutually causal – if you feel anxious, sleep is your best medicine.
Exercise
The most efficient way to complete the stress cycle and neutralise stress hormones is to do some exercise. Any movement will do, but try to get at least a 20-minute walk outside each day.
Do something
Rather than despair about global events, do something to tend your small patch. Remember, ‘something is anything that isn’t nothing.’
Give up on perfection
Start by stopping comparing yourself with others. Don’t even compare you now with your past self.
Let your feed nourish you
As well as limiting your time spent on…
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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2020