and energy considering each worry that pops up as if it were new and deeply significant Our worries repeat because we fail to problem solve and cope with them appropriately Identifying the larger issues your worried thoughts trigger means you can switch from worried thinking to Below is a list of the more common larger issues that individual worries tend to trigger and example to take to address each Identify the categories your worries tend to fall into and see if you can come up with a few steps to take for each Financial Actionable Develop a meet with financial planner Actionable Enroll in a get tutorAchieving goals Actionable Review are they too high too Parenting Actionable Read parenting take parenting class Health of self Actionable Get yearly medical physical with blood work Health of others Actionable Work to accept I can only control so much Relationships Actionable Read relationship book exercise Actionable Meet with start walking twice a week Actionable Build through go to weekly psychotherapy General safety of the terrorism Actionable Volunteer for political candidate who espouses my beliefs If mentally replaying worries made you feel better you keep hashing out the same old sets of worries Shift