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How to lower stress

Free, portable, and mostly about breathing and daylight. None of it requires an app.

6 scored on impact, energy, cost and time — the same formula the whole site runs on. How the scoring works.

  1. Extremely high

    01 Morning sunlight

    9

    10–20 min outside, no sunglasses, within an hour of waking.

    Cost
    Free
    Time
    10 min
    Energy
    Effortless
    Impact
    Extremely high

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  2. Important

    02 Walking

    2.67

    8,000+ steps/day.

    Cost
    Free
    Time
    60–80 min
    Energy
    Effortless
    Impact
    High

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  3. Nice to have

    03 Nose breathing

    1.5
    Cost
    Free
    Time
    -
    Energy
    Moderate
    Impact
    Moderate

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  4. Nice to have

    04 Sauna

    1.23

    3–4x/week.

    Cost
    $50–200/mo
    Time
    80 min/wk
    Energy
    Easy
    Impact
    High

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  5. Lower priority

    05 Meditation

    0.82

    10–20 min/day.

    Cost
    Free
    Time
    20 min/day
    Energy
    Hard
    Impact
    Moderate

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  6. Lower priority

    06 Expressive writing

    0.5

    Write about what hurts, 20 minutes at a time, four times — the effect is real, and honestly small.

    Cost
    Free
    Time
    20 min × 4, once
    Energy
    Staring at hard feelings
    Impact
    Small but real

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