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Michael Mashkevich breaks anxiety into two buckets: what you can control and what you can't. Pick one or two small actions you can take today and do them. Comment "control" for five tools to regain your sense of agency.
Michael Mashkevich breaks anxiety into two buckets: what you can control and what you can't. Pick one or two small actions you can take today and do them. Comment "control" for five tools to regain your sense of agency.
One minute life shift. The more you try to control everything, the more out of control you feel. Now I'm going to teach you a simple mental shift to get you back in control and hopefully feel calm fast. So when life feels heavy or uncertain, your mind starts spinning. It's trying to fix everything all at once. But really, that's the trap. Because most of what you are stressed about, you can't control. It's not in your power. So here's the little shift I want you to try. Split your situation into 2 parts. First, there's what you can't control. And that's like other people, the past, the timing, everything really. The outcomes, not good. But then there's what you can control, what's yours, what you can do, right? You can control your actions, your habits, where you put your attention, and how you respond. So do this. Pick just one or two small actions you can take today, what you can control, and do that. And that's it. Because control isn't about fixing everything. It's about taking ownership of what's actually yours. So comment control down below and I'll send you 5 tools that have helped me gain control and get my life feeling back in control when it feels overwhelming.
