Quick quiz

A Moment for Your Mind

What’s stressing you out right now? Pick where you are, stretch your mind with a riddle or two, then try the grounding exercise.

Wooden letter tiles spelling the word MIND

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Quick mind stretch

Riddle 1: I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?Reveal the answer

(Answer: A keyboard)

Riddle 2: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?Reveal the answer

(Answer: Footsteps)

Riddle 3: What has to be broken before you can use it?Reveal the answer

(Answer: An egg)

The grounding exercise

Quick focus exercise: Look around you right now and name — out loud or in your head — 5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, 3 things you can touch, 2 things you can smell, and 1 thing you can taste. This is a well-known grounding technique used to quiet a busy mind in under a minute.

5things you can see
4things you can hear
3things you can touch
2things you can smell
1thing you can taste

Like Sporcle or Lumosity, a quick mental workout can shift your mood

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