Half the stress in your head is about places you aren’t even standing in right now.

Most worry is about somewhere else. A room you walk into on Thursday, a conversation that has not happened, a result not back yet, and none of it is available to you where you are actually sitting. Your body reacts as though all of it were present, which is how a day that has not occurred can leave you exhausted.

When it starts stacking up, ask what is genuinely in front of you in this room. Deal with that part. For the rest, write down the next real step and a time to take it, so your head can stop rehearsing.