So I've been browsing for quite a while and I'm a guy who never had issues learning things that he's interested in. Being in monk mode for quite some time now helped me but I could never quite use things on the field unless I was having an up day. I'm sure some of you can relate and this post is specifically for those people as some others just won't find it useful and are able to apply TRP better than us.

To put it in perspective, my brain tends to have a million thoughts crossing through it at all times. That is especially plaguing when you're trying to come off confident in any of your interactions and end up stuttering because your brain decided to remind you of that commercial you sort of saw yesterday that had a weird looking cat in it or whatever else you can think of.

Your mind is like a hyperactive monkey on crack cocaine that's being chased by wasps. To cool the "monkey mind" off, you need to meditate. Now, there's two types of meditation contrary to popular belief. I haven't done deep research on the one I'm about to mention but it's the one that helped me, personally, a ton. The other one is the common meditation that's mentioned here that we all know about. For all I know, it could be a combination of both. For the sake of avoiding mix ups, we'll call it cheat meditation. You can use this method anywhere, literally. Even during a discussion. How it works is; you give the monkey mind a job to do to keep itself occupied while you go about your day. You can't silence it. You need to occupy it with something. And as simple as it sounds, once you try it for a while, you'll see what I mean. Breathe in and out and make that chatty voice at the back of your head count your breathing. You can go one, two, one two or however else you think will work for you. You can do it while walking, drinking, talking, listening to music, swimming. Literally anywhere. Try to do it as often as you can paired in with your actual meditation habits.

This is ESPECIALLY effective when paired with diaphragmatic breathing. For the sake of convenience, I'll leave the video on the technique here that I used and then explain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ua9bOsZTYg

What this'll do is cool you down, ensure you get more oxygen which will make you more aware and collected. I usually do these things when walking and when I'm at home and have some relaxation time, I'll lay down and do it for five, ten, twenty minutes straight. Now you don't need to breathe in through your nose and out the mouth loudly on the street for obvious reasons, it has worked for me fine through nostrils when on the move. I knew I was doing the diaphragmatic breathing techniques right because I could actually feel what I can only describe as a strip of muscle underneath my lungs pushing up whenever I exhaled. That's what you'll want to look for when laying down or standing.

To conclude, these techniques helped me be collected and calm to a point where I actually felt it coming from within if it makes any sense. The best part is that it works fast if you do it right. I hope this helps you guys as much as it helped me.