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I try to read more but what else is there when I don’t wanna just read? I’ve done some notebook stuff too but I’ve found using it too much makes me be anxious about writing a lot down lol.

For instance as I lay on the bed for 10-20 minutes waiting for my child to take their nap. Do I just stare into the void?

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't want to mention it in my initial comment, but that is something I need to work on too lol

Like 80% of the time my mind wanders it's usually some self deprecating nonsense, or extremely critical analysis of my failure in life. I figure it's stuff I need to process anyway, but the countless amount of times I call myself worthless trash probably isn't doing me any favors lol

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago

Yeah it's really easy to lose the plot sometimes. Lately at my desk at work the words "worthless animal" and "I trusted you" are what the voice in my head won't stop shouting so I'm slowly picking up the pieces with the forest routine again and trying to get that noise to ease up a little bit

With info overload these days everyone struggles with this to some extent I do believe