Tips and Tricks to De-Stress and Create Calm

By now, you are already aware that when it comes to quieting your mind so that you can feel calmer, there’s actually quite a lot you can do for yourself. Having a few tricks up your sleeve will help you to de-stress and to lessen your anxiety when things are particularly chaotic. Let’s take a look at some tips for gaining a calmer mind, such as keeping a notebook on your night table.

Morning Journaling

Journals are notebooks that encourage you to write. They are usually designed to make writing in them a routine. Morning journaling involves a routine of writing, you guessed it, every morning. This practice allows you to get your thoughts onto paper each day in order to process them and to find patterns in your thinking. It’s awesome for working through personal issues and for sparking new ideas.

Take a Bath

Who doesn’t like immersing themselves in water? Water is a soothing element to surround yourself in. Taking a bath lets you soak your troubles away in warm water that can also alleviate physical stress on your body. Going the extra mile of adding bubble bath or oil can contribute to the calm with aromatherapy. Plus, the process of taking a bath forces you to slow down, giving your mind time to unwind.

Handy Notebook

Keeping a handy notebook or journal with you on the nightstand, or within close proximity is a great idea for many reasons. Remember when we talked about doing a mind dump? This process of writing things down to get them out of your head can do wonders for freeing up space so that your mind can process things more efficiently. It really takes away some stress, too. You don’t always have to do a major brain dump to gain the benefits, though. Simply jotting things down as you think of them can relieve your mind and help you to remember information for later. It’s also great for creativity.

Take a Walk

You can definitely calm your mind without tools or something you can hold. Activities do a wonderful job of helping you to clear your head, as well. There’s nothing much better than taking a nature walk when you want to feel calm and centered. A change in environment can really help when you’re feeling uptight. As can the movement that’s required for the walk. You can do just a light stroll or amp up the intensity for a longer hike if you wish. The results will be beneficial, no matter which you choose.

Those are some of my favourite suggestions for relaxing your mind. Give them a try to see what results you get and then you can begin to add to your toolbox of relaxing tips as you desire. You’ll soon find things that work well for you.

Which tips, tricks or strategies help you create calm?