u/Kirk875

My chest tightens up before I even get out of bed most mornings, and by the time I'm at my desk my brain is already spiraling through every worst case scenario for the day. I've read a bunch of articles on what to do when you feel anxious and tried the breathing exercises everyone swears by, but none of it really touches it once the anxiety has already taken over. It's exhausting waking up every day bracing for that feeling instead of just living normally. What do you all actually do in the moment that helps, not the textbook advice, but what genuinely calms you down when you're this anxious?

My yard is heavy clay soil, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to water without wasting half of it. If I run the sprinklers long enough for a proper deep watering, I start getting runoff along the sidewalk and driveway. But if I cut the time down, I worry it’s only wetting the top inch or two and not really getting down to the roots. The grass height stays pretty consistent since my navimow i210 handles the mowing, so watering is the part I’m still unsure about.

For anyone with a clay lawn, does cycle and soak work better for it? If you split watering into two rounds, how long do you usually wait between them?