I certainly do. There is so much I want to do this year, and I can’t stop thinking about it. My thoughts just go round and round jumping from task to task with no break in sight. That is until I wake up to the fact that I am thinking. My mind is overactive, and these are just thoughts that drive me crazy.
When I realize that I am lost in a story or list of “to do’s,” (which sometimes can take awhile), I breathe and pause. I realize that all I have to do is get through this moment, not a million other moments in the future. This is very effective in stopping the non-stop barrage of information that my mind processes in a given minute. Most of my thoughts are the same ones anyway, are pretty useless, and just ramp up my anxiety.
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