Make an appointment with worry
To safeguard your wellbeing during any hard time, and keep your spark alive, you must learn to separate your emotions from your worries.
When something is pulling at your mind (such as your employment situation), schedule that heavy thought and visit it only once per day at a designated time. Tell yourself, “Each day at 9 a.m. I will give this subject five minutes of my complete focus.” Then, when the subject occurs to you at other times, as it will, remind yourself it’s already scheduled, and try to move on.
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