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75. I think we pretty much all experience some of the same anxiety, hookaleft.

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 01:34 AM

Sunday

I have turned to cute animal videos before bed, and I also listen to a great short podcast that airs daily on KUT, my local NPR affiliate. It's called Take a Minute and it aims to help people learn some techniques to help with anxiety. I've learned some things.

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1268984479/take-a-moment

One that's easy to do is to sing. Sing along to the radio or a video on Youtube, participate in a singing group or choir, etc. It's very hard to worry while singing.

Pick a station that focuses on your favorite oldies or drag out old albums to sing along with.

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