Ways to calm yourself

 16 ways to calm yourself when life is getting tough:

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1. Walk: 

Walking helps clear your mind.

It offers you a different perspective.

2. Indulge:

Take a day off to spend a whole day

doing exactly what you want.

3. Be Generous:

Give something to a total stranger.

Acts of giving make us feel warm and fuzzy inside.

4. Sit in a coffee shop or a busy street:

and soak up your surroundings.

You don't have to talk to people.

5. Educate yourself:

Research what you're experiencing.

Arm yourself with knowledge and

the resources to tackle problems

head-on.

6. Preparation:

Write the day's to-do list,

the evening before.

7. Strengths:

Write down a list of

20 of your strengths.

8. Keep going forward:

Keep taking small steps,

no matter what.

Being stagnant doesn't serve you.

9. Re-visit an old hobby.

If you don't have one, create one.

10. Prioritize:

Decide what's important right now.

Say no to extra obligations.

11. Sleep: Get enough rest.

Sleep 7-9 hours each night.

12. Be silly:

Do something that

you did as a child.

Don't take life too seriously.

13. Cry: Release all that emotion.

You will feel better.

14. Check self-talk.

Negative self-talk

does not serve you.

15. Journal:

Develop a habit of journaling.

This will help free your mind.

16. Remind yourself:

That life is a journey.

Remember that what you are going through is temporary, it will pass.