How can I find any peace if I can’t even get my brain to do the things that I know it should be doing?

This is interesting and something I do all of the time. I don’t know if we should be getting too involved with our thoughts or our brain processes. It just seems to get me confused. I try to focus my energy on things that I know produce results like writing, reading, talking, etc. When I talk too much to myself, I really muck things up. When I try to get my brain to think a certain way, I usually get frustrated. That is like thinking about thinking something in order to get yourself to think something. It just gets messy. I say try to spend less time in your mind. If meditation and mindfulness are taking you into your mind too much, maybe lay off for a while.
-Bret