In order to gain conscious control of what goes on in your mind, you need to develop a keen awareness for the process.
What helps is to hold still for a moment, take a deep breath and free your mind of all the chatter that’s going on inside and all around.
This makes room for a change of state, for something new to enter.
So give yourself a break. Yes, you have battles out in the world to fight, insecurities to overcome, loved ones to contend with and goals to achieve, but a break from it all is necessary.
It’s really is perfectly healthy to pause and let the world spin without you for a while.
If you don’t at least try, you will burn yourself out.
You must refill your bucket on a regular basis. That means catching your breath, finding quiet solitude, focusing your attention inward, and otherwise making time for recovery from the chaos of your routine.
Take a little me time to try to find yourself once again.