Day 24 - 60 min

Let’s journal!

All those things that have been overwhleming you.

Let’s write them all down.

I mean, the big things:

• the money worries

• the fear of abandonment

• the regrets

The little things:

• forgetting something at the grocery store

• laundry

• that voicemail you still haven’t listened to

Write em all down.

Just a few words, not the whole story. Make a list.

Then, make a list next to that list on a scale of 1-5 how crucial that thing is to your general joy.

For example, laundry is a never-ending task, but having clean laundry makes me pretty happy. That’s a 5 for me.

The fear of abandonment adds nothing to my general joy. That’s a 1.

Everything that rates below a 3, get rid of it.

Delete it from your life.

Outsource it.

The stuff you can’t get rid of (laundry, bills, etc), find a way to turn it into a source of joy.

(The Tonglen meditation we’ve been working on on other days is effective for this.)

You can burn this list, or save it to review a few months from now.

Notice when the overwhelm comes, what happens right before then.

Catch it and convert to joy before you let it take hold.