Reaching your own personal Nirvana is a bit of a tricky deal these days. Our constant fixation with career advancement has turned most working environments into a hostile battleground that saps away at our strength. A bit like the Vampire Diaries, but without the sexy bits.

Still, that’s perfectly fine, right? Work hard and play harder, because YOLO. But no. After-hours have become just as stressful as office hours. Navigating a reasonably happening social life in the age of social media has become a bit like Taylor Lautner’s abs - in other words, impossible to achieve.

With a never-ending amount of pitfalls to lead us down the ‘forever alone’ road, life has never been this stressful. You’re either the best or you are complete crap. Given this mood, you may as well wave goodbye to your zen, if only you had a free hand with which to do that. Unless you wise up pronto and figure out where you are going wrong, that is. Here are 10 things that will help you do just that – clean the bad vibes right out of your life.

The good news? Chanting ohm and mindfulness are nowhere on the roadmap.