My personal technique: find a difficult problem/puzzle I can grind on when my mind can’t be put to rest.
IMO all the self awareness / meditation advice are moot. What works is to find brain hacks. Ways to either break the loop or move the loop to a different task.
IMO all the self awareness / meditation advice are moot. What works is to find brain hacks. Ways to either break the loop or move the loop to a different task.