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Power through 60,000 thoughts a day: Begin with a walk nearby
What can we do to break the cycle of our negative and repetitive thoughts?
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Walking is supposed to be contemplative and restorative for mind and body.
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We have 60,000 thoughts a day. It is just as astonishing that 90 per cent of our galaxy of thoughts is repetitive.
These recurring thoughts tend to be negative and intrusive, recycled from days and decades past, as I reckoned while reading about Stanford psychologist Fred Luskin’s research.
