05-06-2025 08:36 PM
05-06-2025 08:36 PM
Actually, I made that one up because I usually do the count down from 31 ( a calendar). And in my head, I close my eyes and watch the calendar numbers flip over until I get down to one - breathing in between of course.
5 senses is also great.
Is this like 5 things you see, 4 things you hear, 3 things you smell, 2 things you feel and 1 thing you taste?
I also have another one where I get a piece of paper or anything. I then hold it and use 5 words to describe it. Then I use 4 words, 3 words, 2 words and 1 word to describe it. It gets harder and harder as you work though. There are only so many words you can use to describe one small thing in your hand.
05-06-2025 09:01 PM - edited 05-06-2025 09:18 PM
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05-06-2025 09:03 PM
05-06-2025 09:03 PM
How are you feeling after this exercise @avant-garde ?
05-06-2025 09:06 PM
05-06-2025 09:06 PM
The exercise helped, the *just now* trigger certainly hasn't!
05-06-2025 09:20 PM
05-06-2025 09:20 PM
Is there another you want to try @avant-garde ?
05-06-2025 09:25 PM
05-06-2025 09:25 PM
Counting backwards from 100 in 3's
100
97
94
91
88
85
82
79
76
73
70
67
64
61
58
55
52
49
46
43
40
37
34
31
28
25
22
19
16
13
10
7
4
1
05-06-2025 09:48 PM
05-06-2025 09:48 PM
Amazing! You can also do it from 200!
It's good to see you choose 3, because that's a hard one. It makes you really have to focus. @avant-garde
05-06-2025 09:52 PM
05-06-2025 09:52 PM
I have an app called "calm harm"
It's really helped
I've never done it from 200 but yes that's a thought, a new challenge
06-06-2025 01:39 PM
06-06-2025 02:39 PM
06-06-2025 02:39 PM
I hit a milestone with my book illustrations
I finally finished all the preliminary sketches
The story has been written for years, I wrote it during COVID
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