That backpack is heavy because you packed yesterday, today and next week into it. Unload some tomorrow.

Most of what makes a day feel unbearable is not actually in the day. It is the thing from last week you are still carrying plus the thing in three weeks you are already rehearsing, loaded on top of what is in front of you. Today on its own is usually survivable. Today plus regret plus forecast is not, and that is the load people mistake for their whole life being too hard.

Write tomorrow’s worries down so they stop circling, and set a time to look at them. Then handle only what today genuinely contains. The rest will still be there when it is due.