"It´s not always the heart. Sometimes your mind breaks as well." - r.h. Sin

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Have you ever felt an emotional chaos before? Not knowing how to feel because so many things are going on in your life? It doesnt matter what - it could be about your life partner, business, family, exiting news or anything different. I tend to overthinking which is so annoying. I could sit on a bench for hours just thinking about stuff until my brain hurts. This is actually a bad feature of myself which I am trying to get away from and I believe many others tend to overthinking as well. I have read so many quotes, books and articles about overthinking and everyone says that you need to stop overthinking because you are going to create problems that arent there! Which is true, I often had moments where I used to think for hours about situations that didnt happen at the end. I could have spend this time in a much better way but I didnt. I chose the hard and useless way which I regret.

Sometimes you will experience stages in life where a lot is going to happen. As you might know, I am not the oldest and if you switch from a teenager to a woman, you have to be focused especially when you aspire a successful carrier like I do. So you have to deal with personal stuff like emotions, family (especially if you have a big family like me. 5 siblings, their children etc.) business projects, paperwork, setting new goals for the future, friends, personal interests and so on.

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I couldnt agree more with this quote. Do you also create problems with your own thoughts? This could actually end things before they ever get the chance to develop.

Is overthinking something like a fear? Yes it is. It truly is.

If you would feel comfortable in a certain situation, you wouldnt think about how it might go wrong. If you put imagination, memories, emotions and imagination into these thoughts, the fear just becomes worse.

Overthinking leads to negative thoughts. Its not good for your mind, neither for your health.

That´s a reason why I write this post today. I have found some great ways to clear your mind at least for a moment to reconnect with your soul and to maybe just breathe for a second or two...

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1. Run / Workout

Well, this sounds maybe a little bit too easy but working out really helps me to refocus and to clear my mind. I always do workouts, it´s in my daily schedule but whenever I want to relax my brain, I go all out! I push weights until I reached my maximum, I run until I am craving for water, I let out all my energy, this makes it easy to get rid of your negative energy as well. After these powerful exercises I´d like to drink a lot of water, sit down and take a rest for at least 30 minutes.

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2. Mediation

I am definitely not a specialist when it comes to meditation but I trying as good as I can. I can not give you any informative advices because I am also at the beginning like everyone who started with mediation. I really think its helpful to me to find a comfortable position that I wont change during the mediation, I´d like to wear a sleep mask to make sure the light isnt bothering me, I put on my mediation playlist on Spotify (no advertisement) and start to count my breathing. If I start to concentrate on my breathing, I also stop overthinking because I´m focused on the breathing technique.

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3. Read a book

Once I started to use a book as a deflection against overthinking, I was struggling. My brain just couldnt stop and I read the lines but couldnt realize what was happening in the book that I was reading. But after some tries I managed to put away this emotional chaos and to focus on the story that the author was trying to tell me! It has so many benefits - you give your mind a huge portion of brain food, concentrate on more important things and forget about negativity as well!

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4. Take a walk

Yes, as easy as it sounds, take a walk. I wrote a lot about nature in the past couple of days and my opinion is still the same. I feel a connection between me and mothers nature! Taking a walk helps you to reconnect with your soul, you will smell the fresh air and feel the love of the flowers and trees as well.

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5. Write down positive thoughts

Emotional chaos sometimes means that you need a new structure in your life. There is just too much to think about. Help your memory a little bit in writing down your thoughts but only the positive ones. And you dont use any electronics for it, use a paper and pencil to make sure you wont forget any of these listings!

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6. Take a bath

No, I dont mean a regular bath! As you might know, taking a bath is great for your muscles, your spirit will calm down and you will feel relaxed after a while. If you add some etherial oils into the bath tube, you will notice a big difference. These oils will strengthen your relaxation.

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These were some of my rituals that I do when I have to go through an emotional chaos. Refocusing and setting new goals is very important to me.

"Action prove who someone is, words just prove who they want to be! "

I hope you will add some of those tips into your schedule and I would love to hear how you feel about it after tying it!

Thanks for reading

Stay focused

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Love, Soldier

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