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TAURUS: You pamper yourself. You draw a bath, light some candles, and turn off your phone for some me time. 

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ARIES: You feel like you don’t have time to complete everything on your to-do list. There are never enough hours in the day. 

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VIRGO: You force yourself to be productive, even when you’re feeling under the weather or when your mental state is far from fine.

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Set a timer: Most of the research on timers indicate that shorter, focused periods work best. The popular Pomodoro Technique says that 25 minutes is an optimal amount of focused work.

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I’m sitting here in the dark watching the lightning, listening to the thunder, with some soft John Mayer playlist on and it’s exactly what I needed today to validate how I’m feeling. Dark.

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My mind has a lot of turbulence going through it and it felt almost absurd to smile.

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Be delicate with your thoughts – don’t brush them aside, or push them deep down into a place where they rub your nerves and sink into your stomach.

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If there is one thing I can convey to you, it is that you will be okay. I know sometimes it does not feel okay and you want to be angry and you want to scream and cry and throw things and be mad.

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I’m multitasking so much that my mind turns into a split screen. My eyes see double and I find myself double fisting when one drink is merely enough.

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2. Plug out of your life.