Declutter Your Mind: How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking

by S.J. Scott

Longing and struggling against “what is” causes suffering.

take the major priorities in his life and then break them down into three-month (or quarterly) goals.

The key to achieving anything in life is consistency.

Life has a way of swallowing us up, and before we know it we’re far down a path that feels nothing like who we are or what we want for our lives.

The reality is that your mental health can be negatively impacted when you feel unfulfilled with your work.

If you find work that you love, you not only free your mind from oppressive thoughts, but will also feel energized in all areas of your life.

We recommend turning your pursuit of a meaningful career into a project where you take action on a daily basis.

Daily, focused action will move you forward. If you don’t know what to do, just do something. Take one small action in the direction of your dream.

Creating, maintaining, and nurturing good relationships is necessary for our well-being and peace of mind.

Awareness is always the first step toward change.

The person from your past may never apologize, but offer forgiveness anyway.

Mindfulness expert and Professor of Medicine Emeritus Jon Kabat-Zinn describes mindfulness as paying attention to the present moment with intention, while letting go of judgment.

We can see our feelings and thoughts like a passing train roaring through the station, but we alone choose if we want to get on board.”

In other word, when your environment is cluttered, the visual chaos restricts your ability to focus.

Clutter steals your focus, making you feel overwhelmed, distracted, and agitated.

“The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.”

Marie Kondo

Release the physical objects that weigh you down. Focus your mind and your daily life on the present, and you’ll feel liberated and unencumbered.

“Procrastination is like a credit card: It’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.” – Christopher Parker

“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it’s the axis on which the earth revolves–slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.” – Thích Nhat Hanh

You can approach these tasks with dread and resentment, or you can approach them with your full attention and a sense of gratitude that you are able to accomplish them, that they improve your life, and that, however insignificant, they are worthy of your time.

Sholto Radford, founder of Wilderness Minds retreats, says “The practice of mindfulness invites us to let go of goals and expectations and see what emerges in the space left when the striving mind quiets for a moment.”