a pet pets provide unconditional love to many The world is against me Notice the little light traffic good weather a kind person helping you in some way Catch the world when being good to you useless Do something that makes you feel build a garden take care of an elderly person or a child offer to help someone in your neighborhood clean your place of residence clean your car plan an activity of some sort and follow through Now take one of your anxious predictions remind yourself of why it matters to you that you work through it pick a strategy that will help you and go out in the world and test it UP Train the voice in your head toward and Replace anxious and negative thoughts with realistic thoughts Make goals and take actionable steps to lessen anxious rumination Go out in the world test out your anxious predictions and see if accurate CH APTER TEN Putting the Tools to Work Whether struggled with anxiety all of your life or if this is your first time likely had hopeless moments along the way Your anxious thinking may make you doubt your ability to progress no wonder you