“The hardest thing to do is to do something that is close to nothing because it is demanding all of you”

Getting into the state of focus and emptiness of the brain is sometimes hard in modern times of doomscrolling. I love this art project of Marina Abramoivc, where she invites participants to just counts grains of rice:

There are other ways of calming down your thoughts, like zen-doodling. Drawing little bricks on a sheet of paper, starting on the left corner. Slowly letting go of all thoughts. Do you have other ways of calming down? –> When you draw a Zendoodle, you’re creating a work of art, but you’re also deliberately creating a mood, focus, and state of mind. (Source)