Photo Credit: © iStock/pfluegl 7. Choose something “unnecessary” over the “necessary.”
Getting through your daily to-do list can often get you in robot mode, making you overlook or feel burdened with what really counts as living. Who would have thought it would seem like a chore to return your childhood friend’s call, for instance? Slow down, put “stuff” aside and live the moment, in this case, with the people that know you best.

8. Space out.
Now that it’s nighttime, part two of your “just laying there” is due. Use fifteen minutes to not think about anything pressing. Let your mind wonder and wander. Imagination keeps us alive.

9. Let it go.
A quarrel with your significant other, an annoying conversation with your mom, a mistake you made at work—let it go. Take it easy on yourself and others or else you’ll never get the sleep you need for the next good day.