Worry-Free Wednesday

  Happy Worry-Free Wednesday, people!

  I'm starting something new for my personal benefit, but this might help you, as well. I'm a champion fretter. I worry about lots of things that are out of my control, and it's exhausting sometimes. What if we had one day where we didn't worry about things? What would that feel like? Is that even possible? Let's try it! 

 Us humans are in desperate need of both a reality check and an attitude adjustment. We worry, we whine and complain, we bicker, and we're driving each other insane! We need a day to just take a load off. We need a day to practice mindfulness. We need a day that is completely void of useless worry. Let's get out of our heads for a change!


 On Wednesday, every Wednesday, anytime you start to fret, just say, "Can I worry about that later, maybe tomorrow?" Taking a rain check for negative thoughts and just relaxing is essential to our health and our sanity. Plus, being mindful of our worrying habits on Wednesday might help us curb worries every other day of the week too! 

 Worry-Free Wednesday is a day in which we postpone worries, agonies, and that little demeaning self-confidence-zapping voice in our heads. Consider the nature of your current worries, and determine whether or not actively worrying over these issues will improve the situation at hand. If it is something that is not likely to come to pass, or if you have no control over the situation (something that cannot be immediately fixed), then these worries do not deserve a place in your mind. 

On Wednesday, grant yourself the freedom to put aside the worries and focus on something that makes you feel positive and engaged. You can do anything you want. The key here is to be mindfully aware of your tendency to worry and to stop yourself and redirect your focus elsewhere. This exercise, when done consistently, may help us deal with worry every other day of the week. We will be mindfully aware of our inevitable negative thoughts and may be able to effectively redirect those negative thoughts into positive thoughts. 

  I hope you will try this out with me. I am realistic and I realize that curbing worry is not an easy thing to do, once you have become so accustomed to negative thinking. But I think that anything can be done with enough intention. The key here is to realize that worrying is really a waste of time and brain-power.

We can do it. We can beat worry. Even if it's only on Wednesday...

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”
               ~ Benjamin Franklin

Happy Worry-Free Wednesday!