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Jake Burhans argues that chronic worry drains energy without solving anything. Anxious thoughts aren't you; acknowledge them and let them go. Repeat this enough and you build a mental muscle that returns you to calm.
Jake Burhans argues that chronic worry drains energy without solving anything. Anxious thoughts aren't you; acknowledge them and let them go. Repeat this enough and you build a mental muscle that returns you to calm.
I just need you to worry less. Okay, worry less. Nothing is that serious. We're taking life way too seriously. And what has worry ever done for you? What has it ever done for you in your life but made things more chaotic, more stressful, more anxious? I think so often we worry because it makes us feel like we're in control. We're turning these things over and over and over in our head, and it makes us feel like we're doing something. We're not doing anything but just draining ourselves of energy. So understand that you are not your thoughts. An anxious thought comes in, a stressed thought comes in, a nervous thought comes in. I want you to acknowledge it and just let it go. Practice developing that muscle of acknowledging the thought and letting it go. And as you do this over time, it'll become easier to transcend those negative thoughts, those negative emotions, and return to a stable, peaceful baseline state of being.
