When life feels overwhelming, as it very often can, and your to-do list seems endless, as it very often will, trying to find ways to keep calm and lower your stress levels might seem like a bit of a luxury. However, the fact is that staying composed, no matter how busy you are, is essential for your productivity, your happiness, your health, and your overall well-being, so it’s got to be done. With that in mind, here are some ways you can feel calm when you’re busy so you can take care of yourself no matter what you’ve got on your plate. Read on to find out more. 

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Take A Meaningful Pause

When you’re juggling tasks, it’s always going to be tempting to try to push through and deal with how that makes you feel later on, once everything’s completed. However, taking a short pause can do a lot to help you, and even if it seems as though you’re wasting time, you’re really not – it can help so much more than powering through ever could. 

That’s because your brain gets a chance to relax, and that’s going to send positive signals (and hormones) through your body, reducing your stress levels and, ultimately, giving you a clearer mind. When that happens, decisions are easier, outcomes are easier to work out, and you’ll have more energy so even if you’ve got less time because you took a break, you’ll get more done. The real key is to take meaningful breaks, and doing something like going for a walk or savoring a cup of herbal tea rather than snacking quickly at your desk or doom scrolling. 

Find A Simple Way To Relax 

When you’re busy, it’s easy to feel as though relaxation is just something else to add to your to-do list, and it’s very often the thing that keeps getting pushed to the bottom and never actually gets ticked off. So instead of looking at things like that and feeling that way, why not simplify it all and just find one good, reliable way to relax that works for you. Once you do that, you’ll always know where to turn when you need help, speeding up the process and getting you better results. 

You’ll need to find something that easily fits into your daily routine, so you could try a short meditation, a quick walk, listening to a calming song, playing a game on your phone, or perhaps using CBN products for relaxation, for example. If you know you can always calm yourself down, you’ll never have to feel overwhelmed again. 

Find The Humor

Have you ever looked back at a day you had that felt stressful at the time but, when you think about it, actually had a lot of funny moments? That could be because of the people you were spending time with, or it might be because the situation you were in was so absurd – perhaps it’s a combination of both – but it’s sure to have happened. And when it did, didn’t everything seem so much brighter?

Well, if you can bring that moment forward and find the humor in the situation in the moment rather than later on, you’ll feel a lot calmer about things – after all, even laughing at yourself is still laughing, and that’s going to get the positive hormones moving around your body. 

Thank you for reading!