When I get out of my job at a fast passed restaurant sometimes I'm so zonked from work that I can't stop thinking about what this customer did to piss me off or that worker did to slow us getting out. Recently I've been doing the salt game from Hands On Chaos Magic to aid in getting out of work mode. I tell myself either out loud or in my thoughts over and over again "the salt is eating my stress, the salt is eating my stress, and sometimes imagine a gray fog representing all the bullshit leaving my body and going into the salt. After 3-5 minutes I tell myself "when I toss the salt I am leaving my stress behind me". I give it a nice toss and walk away.

Nothing too weird has happened from it besides feeling better, especially mentally. A couple times I noticed my vision got better for lack of better words during and after the game.

Then, I sit down and make a note of the time spent in my journal. Nothing too long usually 2 or 3 sentences. I think taking the time to sit down and record my thoughts of what happened definitely makes the game more potent. its easier to point out how it helped, why it helped, and sitting down writing about how I just I got rid of whatever was bothering me helps ... ... get rid of whatever was bothering me.

For those who are technology friendly I recommend the "Momento" app for at least the iPhone as a journal. It's really quick and easy to note a moment and it comes with a password protector so no one can get in it. Right now I use it to record what exercises I do and the same time things going on in everyday life whether it be about work, school, girlfriend, etc.

Now one thing I wanted to share was after doing this a few days a week for a couple of weeks I notice it is also easier to shift INTO work mode. If I work a late night and have to go to my job the next morning I do the salt game to make me feel better, then the next day it's much easier to get into whatever I'm doing at work! I have this subtle confidence that I can really try hard at my job get totally in the work mindset, and yet be able to get out of it later.