If 10 minutes is a challenge, do 5min. Find somewhere quiet, set your alarm, and close your eyes. Just observe what's coming up. How is your body feeling? Is your mind racing? Are you starting to feel tired? Whatever it is, just be there for yourself for that short amount of time. 👩🏻‍🏫 There are thousands of studies on this topic, so here's one: 👉 Research from 2016, published in Nurse Education Today, showed that mindfulness-based stress reduction significantly decreased depression, anxiety, and stress while increasing mindfulness.

👨‍🏫 Donovan and colleagues (Harvard) published a powerful study in 2016 that highlights how loneliness speeds up cognitive decline. If depression is present in addition to loneliness, cognitive decline accelerates even more. Plus, it doubles the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. It’s even worse for unmarried people. While I think it’s never too late to build and find one’s community, I deeply believe that the earlier we start with one the better. In layman's terms: find your tribe > live longer > live happier. 💃

👉 Write & complete this sentence: If I put 5% less pressure on myself, I would...

Introduce yourself with a picture of something that makes you feel calm. Don't overthink - choose the first thing that comes to your mind. Here's one from me - being by the beach/ocean.