Animation: how to deal with your worries
Feeling stressed?
Here’s a quick science-backed exercise to try:
Step 1: List out everything you’re worrying about. Get it out of your head and onto paper.
Step 2: Look at your list, and put a star next to anything that’s within your control. Where do you have some power or responsibility?
Step 3: Look at everything that doesn’t have a star next to it. Consciously decide you’re going to put those worries down for a little while. If it helps, choose when you will revisit them.
Step 4: Go back to anything you starred, and choose one of them to focus on. Now, take just one small step that addresses the worry.
Over time, this practice helps us learn how to tease out different elements of control and impact, build our agency and resilience, and practice acceptance for what is outside of our control.
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