We often dilute our thoughts and thinking patterns by not paying attention to the side effects of certain activities which might harm our brain. The human brain is a complex overlay of many emotions, which can be altered and controlled by the things we do.
For example, if you carry out healthy activities throughout your day, you are more likely to feel happy at the end of it.
However, if you spend your day smoking or reminiscing over something terrible, you’ll probably feel a soft tender headache which will cast your happiness out.
Here are 10 mindful activities for adults you must do to make your life stress free.
1. Reading
Here is something to give you a mild start. Now please don’t confuse reading with novels or hardcore books. You can read almost anything, which makes sense.
For example, if you love technology or anything related to science, you should read more about it. Read about how technology will grow in the coming years and how it has grown from room-built computers so cellular phones.
You can also read about our galaxy, astrology at its best. There is so much you read if you’re not into reading novels; but if you are, what better hobby can there be than reading novels!
2. Exercise
This is one of the best mindful activities for adults. Exercise keeps your body in shape and your mind fresh. The more you work out, the more blood circulation. Hence, your brain is exposed to firsthand blood which therefore results in your brain being sharp, fresh and well nourished.
You might be thinking that I’m asking you to start doing heavy weights and get all ripped, well no. It doesn’t work that way. Exercise doesn’t only mean that you’re going to make yourself bulky and be like Superman overnight.
Exercise requires a certain commitment and will power, if you have it, there is nothing better than making your body function better again!
3. Proper diet
Diet matters a lot when it comes to your mind. Think of your mind as a small human being inside you. A complex overlay of structures which require food to function. The better you eat the better you perform.
Every person in this world has experienced this phenomenon once in their life. When you’re having a nice food day, taking meals at the right time, you tend to have a better day as compared to days when you don’t take your meals perfectly.
Therefore, consult your doctor and ask him to make you a proper chart to follow for your diet!
4. Hanging out with family
Being with people you love really brings out the best of us. So take a leap of faith, take some time out and visit the people you love the most. Visit your son at college, and give him advice about life. Check up on your relatives and have lunch with them.
Visiting your parents also has a positive effect on our brain, so try to spend as much time as you can with your family.
5. Doing what you love
Everyone has plans when they’re young, for example, some of us wanted to be a pilot, businessman, doctor, or a writer. No time can be better than now. When you’re at a dead end and see no possible way out, it is time to pack your bags and move out.
Consider doing the thing you love the most. I get it, you can’t be a pilot or a doctor now, but you can always think of things you want to do with life. Things which will make you go to work every day!
6. Travel
This one is the most favorite mindful activity for adults. They love travelling and traveling is the best thing you can do when you’re at an age where nothing seems to excite you anymore.
Every warm-blooded America has had a dream to spend their finals days at a beach in Hawaii. It is time you put that dream to test and travel around a bit.
Meeting new people and experiencing nature in its glory is one of the best feelings ever, it refreshes your soul and helps you attain solace.
7. Gardening
Gardening is also a best mindful activity for adults. This might seem out of the blue to you and you might be thinking that I’m still living in the 60s, however, most gardening gigs are actually true. It is proven that the way peace is instilled in our hearts by nature is nonetheless incomparable to anything else.
If you think I’m bluffing, you need to try it. Start with a small one, plant a tree or get a flower pot. Water it daily and experience the change in your behavior. Gardening does help one calm themselves.
8. Carpentering
Carpentering is yet another fascinating practice. You might be thinking that I’ve lost it completely, but don’t worry. All you need to do is give it a try. I’m not asking you to make a profession out of it. Make a cabin for yourself, or start with something even smaller.
Carpentering teaches us patience and tolerance. With time, you will get the hang of it and build something beautiful for your own use, and who knows, you might even get a good price for it.
9. Writing
Writing shows us who we really are, once you put your own thoughts on a piece of paper and start expanding, you realize how beautiful life is.
Writing is more than just a hobby or a practice, it gives us a sense of our personality. It reflects the best of us or better say, reflects our flaws as well.
This way you can spend more time on fixing your flaws and making up for them. As the saying goes, it is never too late for an apology!
10. Visit your hometown
Visiting your home town can be refreshing to your soul. Visiting places where you once used to have a careless life, a happy home, brings back the sense of happiness you once had when you were just a mere child.
It also reminds us of the people who we lost on the way or people who don’t talk to us anymore. You can sit on the porch and think about what went wrong and how good life was when you were a kid.
These 7 Mindfulness Practices Will Keep Your Days Stress Free
