Sometimes writing down our worries can make all the difference. By acknowledging the things that make us anxious, we’re one step closer to finding a solution. Use this exercise and a friend to get some space and perspective from your worries, so you can think about how to approach and ‘solve’ them.
On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being really stressed, what is your number at the moment?
Write each separate worry or anxiety that you are dealing with on a separate index card or piece of paper, fold it, and put it in a ‘Worry Jar’. Know that now you’ve written them down, you can leave them alone for a bit.
After you’ve let your worries ‘air,’ revisit them with a friend. Talk them through one by one, brainstorming creative ways to manage or move past them. Write each strategy and solution down on the back of its card or paper.
When you have workable solutions that you’re happy with, place that paper into the solution jar. Your brain can relax knowing that there is a workable plan, and you are NOT defined by your worries; they are separate from you.
How did ‘dumping out’ your worries onto pieces of paper and placing them in a jar help you?
Did you find that giving them some space before discussing them help you? Why do you think that was?
What was helpful about working with a partner to find solutions?
Keep a Worry Journal where you record your daily anxieties.
Look at patterns; jot down ideas for solutions.
Check-in with a partner to help find solutions, and use as an accountability partner to action them.
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