Delete downer emails and chop draining appointments out of your schedule. Over the coming weeks, simplifying your information streams and daily obligations will open up something crucial for your inner peace: mental spaciousness. Identifying the blog posts or coffee dates that energize you and those that deplete you is an essential life skill. At first, consciously cultivating pockets of calm may amplify ambient anxiety. But if you practice easing into the stillness, something softer and stronger has an opportunity to rush in: genuine wisdom.