I return from a run, a good one feeling confident of having done a good time. Then I look at my watch and notice that it is not running. I forgot to turn it on. All that distance and time are forgotten (my legs do remember), and I feel a little frustrated.
Even for such a small thing, I need to calm the rational and the emotional part of my brain.
For the rational: I focus on the triviality of the even, remembering that I’ll be running tomorrow and that the calories are gone with or without timing.
For the emotional: I breathe and focus on every sound around me, and it cools me down.
What is your trick?