Stress x Calmness

It was around 5.00 am; I was awake throughout the whole night; sleep didn't exist for me that night as I was so deep drowned in a pile of stress I had become a zombie. My window was open, and I was waiting for the sunrise to see the light eradicating the darkness; I wanted to get out of my room; I wanted to have a change. As soon as I saw the sunlight, I went out. Walked for almost half an hour aimlessly. After roaming here and there, I ended up at the place you are seeing above in the picture. This is near a river bank, which used to be one of my favorite places to spend time, in nature, in a calm and peaceful environment. Things got changed over the years. Still, that day, I felt like that place could give me my desired peace right at that moment. So it happened; the freshness of the morning eradicated all my stress and negative thoughts; I was taking long and deep breaths, fresh ones. Usually, I don't get up so early in the morning, let alone go out; this was a whole new experience and refreshing enough to instantly change my mood.

To be honest, I have always preferred silence to eliminate my stress. Things that stress me are the place I will be walking out to be less remembered of the matter. Taking a break, both physically and mentally, helps me to think and find a way to solve the problem peacefully. It was SILENCE. To be descriptive, I loved taking a break to feel the peace of mind which comes with rest, spare time to think about the problem, and going for a possible solution.

Sometimes being alone and sometimes being amidst my friends helped me. Calling one or two friends for hangouts or long rides used to help me to eliminate my stress. Sometimes friends were the source of my stress, and sometimes, they were the healers; what strange animals they are! Hahaha. Why am I using 'used to' over and over again? The answer is in the next portion.

Things are changing a little bit. Now, no matter how stressed I am, I can't leave that and go out to look for calm and peace. Simply, I can't afford that much time and willpower; every now and then, I feel the clock ticking, that I am running out of time. I feel like being trapped inside an unseen timeframe, really I am. No matter how stressed I am, I can't afford to spend my time in that timeframe. I feel like I will be lagging behind, and I just can't convince myself that it's needed. So what do I do now?

Coffee!! One of my dearest companions helps me both physically and psychologically to be back on track. Yeah, it also starts to influence my mind; I have convinced myself that a cup of coffee would turn me on to get back to work. So whenever I am stressed or see myself struggling over something, I take a short break, a coffee break! In the past, I had a very bad timing for consuming coffee, but now it has come to a proper schedule for me, time that doesn't hamper anything else, for example, my sleep.

So yeah, my way to eliminate stress is through being calm and feeling the silence that gives me peace. In the past, it was like being alone, hanging out, or having late-night long drives with friends. Now things are different; there is no way around going back to what I was doing; only the coffee helps me keep pace with the ticking clock, be calm, and eliminate stress.