Quick-Win Tips You Can Implement Right Now

These are fog-friendly, low-effort actions you can take today or tomorrow morning to feel clearer, calmer, and more grounded — especially during busy, overwhelming seasons.

Tonight or Tomorrow Morning:

✅ Write your three-item priority list

✅ Delegate one specific task to one specific person

✅ Set your arrival/departure times

✅ Identify your quiet corner location

✅ Put two "break time" alarms in your phone

✅ Pack a protein snack

On Thanksgiving Day:

✅ Start with 5 slow breaths before you do anything

✅ Drink a full glass of water first thing

✅ Use your visible reminder cards

✅ Honor your scheduled breaks (no guilt!)

✅ Step outside at least twice

✅ Use your one-line boundaries when needed

The Bottom Line: You've Got This

Thanksgiving with brain fog doesn't mean you're broken or failing. It means your brain is doing exactly what brains do when they're overloaded—trying to protect you by slowing down.

The strategies in this guide aren't about being perfect. They're about being kinder to yourself and working withyour brain instead of against it.

Start with just one or two tips. Maybe it's the three-item list and a 10-minute outdoor break. Maybe it's delegating the cranberry sauce and setting a departure time. Small changes compound into a day that feels safer, calmer, and more manageable.

Your Brain Fog Survival Mantra:

"I don't have to do everything. I don't have to be perfect. I just have to show up as I am, use my tools, and be kind to myself."

You're going to get through this Thanksgiving. And you might even enjoy parts of it.