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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.

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One maddening tendency of any small electronic device is that whenever the battery is low, it wastes most of its remaining power beeping and flashing to tell you that battery is low.