Meditation is the best way to calm your mind but few people have enough discipline to do it everyday and learn how to control their thoughts. A great alternativ

Meditation is the best way to calm your mind but few people have enough discipline to do it everyday and learn how to control their thoughts. A great alternative is to focus on a hobby that makes your mind focus on the hobby and the hobby only. Painting, gardening, croshe, photography and chess? A hobby is a great way to slow down and get away from the stress of life. Your goal is to immerse yourself in the details of the hobby but not to compete to be the best. A hobby is to relax the mind. As a programer, I wished I would have known this before. It was difficult for me to let go of programming problems so my mind was always active trying to figure out that day's problem. It sucked.