Clearing the mental desktop
There is a way to re-organize your unresolved thoughts and separate the important from the messy mental pile. In the quiet of the day, you sit down with a pencil and paper and ask yourself three questions.
- What am I anxious about?
- What am I upset about, and with whom?
- What am I currently feeling excited or ambitious about?
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