Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.

A life practice from Br. David Steindl-Rast

Drawing & painting does this for me. What centers you?

sunflowers, watercolor, time

sunflowers, watercolor, time