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keyletoday at 1:25 PM1 replyview on HN

Instead of a wall may I recommend trees, fresh air, and just enjoying it away from anything electrical.

I had a same issue and I found it helped to just step away and blank out in nature.

Also try delaying your first coffee to after the first hour of being awake.


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ueantoday at 3:20 PM

Thanks for saying this. I live in a small, bleak, brown town just recovering from winter, and even despite this, getting out into nature and staring at the water flow past in the local river gives so much benefit.

Reading this article is a great reminder that we all need to disconnect and ground ourselves again. My brain (and likely most of ours) just can't handle 100% up-time all day and needs that break.

Tangent - I used to go cycling a lot, and required a lot less wall/river-staring then. Of the people I knew who I cycled with, 95% of us were coping with some kind of mental health issue in some way and had found our fix on the bike. I miss it.