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Things To Do Tonight
Some evenings you want to do something, just not very much.
Some evenings you want to do something, just not very much.
This is for that in-between feeling: when you are done with the day, not quite ready for bed, and do not particularly want another task to complete.
Start with how you feel
I need to arrive home properly
A Five-Minute Arrival Ritual
A small way to mark the point where the working part of the day is over and the evening can begin.
Try the five-minute arrival ritual →
I still feel like I’m carrying the day around
The Evening Reset
For the evenings when your body is home but your head is still answering emails, replaying conversations or mentally running through tomorrow.
I know I should get off my phone, but I don’t want to be told off about it
A Screen-Down Ritual That Doesn’t Feel Like Punishment
A softer way to move away from the endless scroll without pretending your phone is the root of all evil.
Everything feels too bright and too loud
The Low-Light Hour
An hour with fewer lights, fewer demands and less coming at you.
I probably need to calm down, but meditation annoys me
Meditation for People Who Don’t Want to Meditate
For anyone who has ever been told to clear their mind and immediately acquired seventeen new thoughts.
Try it without calling it meditation →
My brain will not shut up
Grounding When Your Brain Won’t Shut Up
Simple ways to bring your attention back into the room when your thoughts have decided to hold a late-night committee meeting.
You do not need to turn this into a routine
You can use one of these ideas once and never do it again. You can find one that works and come back to it every night for a month. You can start something, decide after three minutes that you cannot be bothered, and go and make toast instead.
There is no correct way to have an evening here.