Breaking the rumination cycle is challenging. You are doing the right things. Changing venue, changing activity, changing posture are all good techniques. Fo

Breaking the rumination cycle is challenging. You are doing the right things. Changing venue, changing activity, changing posture are all good techniques. For me, the two main strategies I have for putting a breakpoint in my day are cooking and woodworking. Woodworking is a great hobby to try. You can do it in your kitchen — Festool et al let you work indoors dust free. On the weekend you design projects, build them, solve problems and fit pieces together but on the weeknights you plane, sand, paint, oil, and shellac your work. It is mind numbingly relaxing and couldn’t be more different to work. It even requires a change of clothes which sounds like a small thing but is an important step to breaking the rumination cycle.