I remember a teacher in school who would force all us to do some meditation before the class began, telling us to empty our minds. My friends swore about how calm they felt. I usually was imagining all my friends and my teacher removing the top of their heads and pouring out the remnants. “Empty your minds!”she had said. Bless her soul.

But I always felt jealous and still do to some degree of people who can meditate. Find calm, be quiet and think of nothing.

Do you meditate? I try sometimes. Just a few minutes maybe. I can not really meditate, can never really calm down with meditation. I have tried a lot of this, all the apps too. None work at all for me.

A good long walk with my earphones has a much more meditative effect. To remain in a good calm space, I constantly feed my mind with something to think about. I want to write something, learn something, solve something (preferably).

This is why I actually like playing chess with some AI bots for being calm. So yes I guess, Chess.com is my meditation app.

So my advice is to find out whatever makes you calm, makes you feel regulated and then just double down on it.