I thought I would share a meaningful lesson with you on how to worry less. Before I left work last Friday, I made a mistake at work. It was about five minutes before I was meant to leave for the afternoon. Quite a few people had already left the office, so there was no one to help me fix the problem.
For one brief moment, I felt a flash of panic.
The mistake was on a project that had already caused a lot of grief, and I had just made an error entering information.
After calming down and thinking logically, I shut down my computer and decided to take a fresh look at it on Monday.
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Over the weekend, the weirdest thing happened.
I forgot all about the problem.
That might not seem significant, but only years earlier, I would have stressed and worried about that all weekend.
I can be prone to worrying too much. It’s taken a lot of work over the years to worry less.
When I sat down for breakfast Monday morning, I remembered my Friday afternoon problem.
Realizing I hadn’t worried or, for that matter, even thought about it all weekend brought a smile to my face. It was a big reminder that we need to stop and openly acknowledge our wins (even the small ones) and give ourselves a pat on the back for how much we’ve grown.
When I got to work, I easily fixed my mistake.
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The thing to understand is that I still worry about certain things. Take my cat, for example. If she is unwell, I worry. She is a cherished part of my life and worth worrying about.
I worry about my Mum more since the passing of my Stepdad.
What I don’t do is worry about all the stupid stuff that doesn’t matter.
I don’t worry about simple things that can easily be fixed (like the mistakes I make at work). I don’t worry about trivial things.
This, my friends, is how you worry less – you stop worrying about things that don’t really matter.
A major sign of growth is when you no longer worry about all the stuff that not that long ago seemed a big deal.
Some of the things I used to worry about years ago don’t even hit my radar now. Some are not even things I think about, let alone worry about.
Whilst I still have some work to do on worrying less, it’s a comfort to know that at least now I’m worrying about the stuff that matters the most to me.
Do you worry too much about things that don’t truly matter?
Need help with worry? This book may help – 50 Ways to Worry Less Now: Reject Negative Thinking to Find Peace, Clarity and Connection by Gigi Langer PhD.
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