By putting a happy or silly ending on a worry, you're allowing yourself a chance to be positive, she says. And that's a major step toward beating worry. Tally your troubles. List all your worries. Once you expose these thoughts as worthless worries, she says, it's easier to dismiss them.
Some worries are more legitimate.
Well, list all the things you could do to improve things. Maybe you could start walking every day. Or eat better. Then decide which ones you're going to do. The secret is doing, doing, doing.