Closed For Mental Holidays

Many of us want a few days off from worries and schedules so that we can relax and be free from all the built up stress. We leave things hanging for those vacation days when we intend to perform them in a “total calm”. We are postponing decisions about our future for these magical days.

But we should understand that real vacations are not about days when you have nothing to do. These are just days without work, but with a different type of “stress”. A real holiday is one where you have a mental holiday. Some people can not even plan a vacation. For them, there is only “a calmer form of stress”.

The right way to rest does not only exist during holidays. We should incorporate a mental holiday into our lives. We can avoid building up fatigue if we know how our senses work. Stress often comes when we worry too much about small things.

For this reason, we will give you some guidelines for having such a mental vacation, free from anxiety. We also show how you can integrate this relaxation into your daily routine.

Mental vacation: what this is and how to achieve this

You do not have to ask your boss for a few days off, nor do you have the permission of your parents or the opinion of your friends or your partner. A mental holiday occurs whenever you want, regardless of time or place. The most important thing is to establish mental habits and behavioral habits. These help to alleviate the discomfort we experience with certain thoughts.

We will therefore give you strategies so that you can have better control over your thoughts.

Meditate every day

Meditation is not just a technique for calming down. Various studies have shown that it is an effective tool when you have anxiety. It therefore goes beyond a placebo effect because meditation creates a mental liberation.

The goal of meditating is not to keep one’s mind clear, but to observe the breath, thoughts and feelings, and become fully aware of them. Exercising on this and doing it at least once a day will reduce your discomfort significantly.

Note which thoughts have no solution

It is said that one must make decisions in order to be happy. This will guide our present and discreetly guide our future. On the other hand, fleeing from them or letting time or other people take them for us is generally not our best choice. But just like everything else, every decision has a time and a place.

We can not change every time we go to work, go home or take our daily walk. But we can train our mind so that it postpones decisions to a suitable time.

Just as we focus on objects, sounds and tastes, we also have a mental attention that can be directed in one direction or another. Taking control of this attention is not easy. No one has shown us how and in general we are so clumsy that we can not experience the benefits of it.

We are also not used to classifying decisions. There are some that we have already taken but that we continue to think about. Others are about what has never been a dilemma (they are more based on a hypothesis). Some require the help of an expert. And finally, there are those that we must take, whether they are easy or difficult. Given these things, our mental way of acting must be distinct.

If you do not have enough money to move to a new place, you should not waste your time thinking about this. Reduce the time you spend on this. Think more about it only when it is a realistic alternative. Take control of these aspects before they take control of you through the uncertainty they imply.

On the other hand, if you are dedicated to doing something, do not analyze everything from thousands of different angles. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Make a list of them and you will find more positive things. Make a decision as soon as you can. You do not have to be impulsive, but you should not push it unnecessarily.

Start walking

Walking is an energetic activity. Your thoughts are flowing and they seem to be doing this at the same rate as your mind. It is as if you have given them a compass, a rhythm through your movements that they find very comfortable.

Remember the bond that exists between the body and the mind. Use this. Do not just think of your body when it protests. Do not forget that it is a good tool that has direct communication with the mind.

Establish control over stimuli

It’s like spending all day walking along streets full of people. Like the day before Christmas Eve, just like that. You do not like to walk, you look everywhere and at the same time nowhere, and there are many messages that fill and saturate your mind. It is very likely that your mind walks along this street every day. If it tries to escape, you catch it because you have the feeling that you would have wasted your time if you were not there.

Whether it is something obligatory or because it is socially right to do, your mind will go from one place to another, followed by the sound that can not be turned off. Stop and jump off, lie down and close your eyes. Get used to escaping sometimes, choose your moments, and do not let the need take over you and drag you where it wants.