Healthy Tip: Write the Grocery List of a Time Traveler

If your brain won’t shut up, let it do something productive…ish. Writing a grocery list is soothing. Writing one for a 14th-century Viking or a Martian in 2231? That’s therapy with imagination.

 Tip: Write a nonsense list in character. Give your thoughts a sandbox to play in. Invent a list for a caveman, pirate, or astronaut. It’s a harmless mental escape that gently pulls your attention out of overdrive.