{"id":5546,"date":"2021-02-28T09:11:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T05:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2021-02-28T09:12:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T05:12:24","slug":"arent-we-constantly-worrying-about-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/2021\/02\/28\/arent-we-constantly-worrying-about-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Aren\u2019t we constantly worrying about things?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:40px\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aren\u2019t we constantly worrying about things?<\/p>\n<p>We are anxious about unpredictable things, not necessarily thinking about the future but wanting to control it<\/p>\n<p>When will this pandemic end?<\/p>\n<p>When will I be able to travel again?<\/p>\n<p>When will I be able to meet my dear one\u2019s?<\/p>\n<p>As quoted by <strong><em>Jodi Picoult,<\/em><\/strong> <em>\u201cAnxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn\u2019t get you very far\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We just need to unplug ourselves from these thoughts for a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BREATHE &#8212;&#8212;&gt; STRETCH YOURSELF &#8212;&#8212;&gt;\u00a0 RELAX &#8212;&#8212;&gt; SMILE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>TIPS ON HANDLING ANXIETY<\/u><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-road\" style=\"color:#325e1f\"><\/i> Get Moving! Release the energy that is holding you back. Walk, run, dance, sing, cook or sleep<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-road\" style=\"color:#325e1f\"><\/i> Take 5-10 minutes daily to meditate or simply sit in silence<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-road\" style=\"color:#325e1f\"><\/i> Take care of your health. Eat well. Sleep well. Drink water<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-road\" style=\"color:#325e1f\"><\/i> Focus 20% on problems and 80% on solutions<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-road\" style=\"color:#325e1f\"><\/i> Journal daily \u2013 Count only your blessings<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-road\" style=\"color:#325e1f\"><\/i> YOU ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN \u2013 Pat yourself<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-road\" style=\"color:#325e1f\"><\/i> Spend time with safe friends and family<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-road\" style=\"color:#325e1f\"><\/i> Do not be afraid to ask for support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><u>WE ALL ARE IN THIS TOGTEHER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><u>THIS TOO SHALL PASS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Aren\u2019t we constantly worrying about things? We are anxious about unpredictable things, not necessarily thinking about the future but wanting to control it When will this pandemic end? When will I be able to travel again? When will I be able to meet my dear one\u2019s? As quoted by Jodi Picoult, \u201cAnxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn\u2019t get you very far\u201d We just need to unplug ourselves from these thoughts for a few minutes. BREATHE &#8212;&#8212;&gt; STRETCH YOURSELF &#8212;&#8212;&gt;\u00a0 RELAX&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5547,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5549,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5546\/revisions\/5549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}