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Worry Time
Write worries down as they come, park them until your daily worry time, then sort them into solvable and not.
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How to use it
- Set your daily 15-minute worry time.
- During the day, park worries here instead of chewing on them.
- At worry time, sort each one: solvable or not.
- For solvable ones, write one next step.
Why it helps
Worry postponement is a CBT technique that helps many people reduce how much of the day worry takes up.
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