Most things you’re panicking about this week won’t even make it into your memory next year.

Worry treats everything as significant, since it has no way of sorting for importance ahead of time. Looking back, almost nothing from a given week survives twelve months, including the things that felt enormous while they were happening. That is not an argument for not caring, just a fairly reliable prediction about scale.

Think back to what you were anxious about this time last year and see how much of it you can still name. Let that be your estimate for this week. Treat the few items that will still matter seriously, and let the rest run their course.