So why worry?

We all get overwhelmed with worry sometimes. Big or small, there are nagging and spoil our everyday life.

Like everyone, it affects me too. So over the years, I have endeavoured to train my mind to put those worries aside by reminding myself that:

• If the ‘problem’ is really just an inconvenience, dismiss it.
• If the ‘problem’ is an imaginary-possible-future one issued from a ‘what if’ thought, dismiss it. You may plan ahead to avoid problems, but you can’t control the future.
• In 5 years, most of these current worries will be of no importance and forgotten/dismissed as a thing of the past.
• Everything is temporary and everything is relative.
• If you can act on it, simply organise yourself and deal with it, then move on; if you can’t act on it, then chill, wait and see how things evolve. More often than not, a solution comes up naturally or the stress-free mind will find an original approach to handle it.
• Going for a long walk and breathing always makes it less daunting.

Here is a summary of this thinking process:

Thank you for reading!

Take care, Virginie