When autumn comes and winter approaches, people's psycho-emotional tone often decreases. We notice how the leaves fly away, the sunlight becomes less and less. It is possible that all this plunges us into despondency due to long-standing psychological problems, which briefly faded into the background thanks to the warm summer and bright sun, but come to life with renewed vigor in the fall. What follows from this? Autumn is a great time to take care of yourself and find a way to cope with the problems that prevent you from seeing something beautiful in every season of the year. During this autumn and almost winter period, I began to practice the art of “slowing down” more, learning to live my life more consciously, to be “in the flow.” What helps me with this? Creating my own corner of peace and tranquility. If you have enough space in your home, then you can use a room, your office, or a table to create such a corner. For example, I use my office as an oasis. It contains what inspires me and motivates me to create. There I place the books that I am currently reading or plan to read in the near future, my diary and all kinds of notebooks and notebooks with plans, useful information, various printouts, stationery, figurines, diplomas hanging on the wall, etc.. One is enough for me. look at my oasis in order to relax a little, get inspired. Ritual “Slowdown”. Before eating, you can breathe deeply for a few minutes and thus tune in to consciously eating. Or make it a ritual to walk after work, etc. When I want to slow down, I ask myself three questions: “What am I seeing now? What do I hear? What do I feel? These questions help me return to the present. The ability to listen to myself, my needs, my body. To do this, you can shift the focus from surrounding, external factors to yourself. Those. learn to understand what is necessary and important for you at a particular moment. Ask yourself the questions “What am I feeling now?”, “Do I want this now?”, “What is my body telling me, what does it need now?” etc. Learn to immerse yourself in your feelings. This morning I overslept and didn’t even hear the sound of the alarm clock (which happens to me extremely rarely) and realized that my body had been signaling fatigue for some time, but I didn’t hear these signals and then it decided to turn off completely in the morning hours. When I realized this today, I realized how important and valuable it is to slow down and give the opportunity to “listen” to yourself. If you feel that life is passing quickly and you cannot enjoy it, try starting to practice “slowing down” using the methods described, or visit a psychologist in whose presence it is possible to do this.