If you want different life then what you are going through currently, then the simplest solution is to do majority of the things that you are doing right now in exactly opposite way. You are the way you are and you are having what you have in life because of what you have been doing and thinking all through out. You are who you are and your current experiences in life are a result of your decisions and choice you made in in past.
If you are feeling depressed or anxious then choose 90% of the things that you are doing right now and take a decision to do exactly opposite to what you are doing. Your stress and agitation is a result of you pondering over the past or worrying about the future. Being grateful for what you have and taking an action right now will make you mindful of being present.
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