Really-- what are you worrrying about?

I'm sure something came to mind when you saw that question!

When you first wake up, do you lie in bed and worry about:

unpaid bills, an upcoming job review, your kids, your weight, your health, rising gas prices, or maybe ALL of the above?

“I drive way too fast to worry about my cholesterol.” Steven Wright

Today was the first time in a loooooong time that I awoke with NO worries because yesterday we sold a house we needed to sell to buy our vacation/retirement/rental house in the Dominican Republic-   yippee!

I had forgotten what a great feeling it is to wake-up worry-free and I want you  to feel the same!

So, here are five steps to help you STOP worrying and STAY in The Positive Zone®:

Step 1. Make two columns:

*** Worries I can do SOMETHING about:

      1.  Credit card debt

      2.  My weight

      3. 

   *** Worries I can do NOTHING about:

       1. The weather

       2.  My boss’ bad moods

       3. 

      
Step 2.  List every worry/problem you can think of in the appropriate column.

Step 3.  Accept the problems you can do NOTHING about.

Step 4.  Look for solutions for the ones you can.

So, where do you look for solutions?  Always start with the Internet:

>> If you’re worried about credit card debt, visit DaveRamsey.com for helpful in-your-face advice and free budget worksheets. (I used them to figure out if we could afford to buy our vacation house.)

>> If you’re worried about your weight, visit weightwatchers.com. or another support group

>> If you're worried about the success of your next meeting, just click here

>>Google the words of ANY thing you're worried about and you're bound to find a helpful website or forum!

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What’s important is to take some kind of ACTION because:

“Fear stops action. Action stops fear.”   Margaret Bourke-White

Step 5.   Don’t let a small concern snowball into a HUGE WORRY

If, after talking to a potential client, I’m not hired for the job, I may worry, “They probably didn’t like my website/video/brochure/voice on the phone….”

And If I don’t STOP that thought in its track, it grows larger (“They obviously found someone MUCH better than me!)” and LARGER (“I’ll never work AGAIN!”)

Sound familiar?  

Keep normal concerns in perspective and remember:

“Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but doesn’t get you anywhere!”

And, this great advice from singer Bobbie McFerron: 

“In your life will be some trouble,
But when you worry, you make it double;
Don't worry, be happy!”  

Until next month……I wish you worry-free summer days  in The Positive Zone®!

 Susan

 P.S:  Please click here to send me your snail-mail address and I’ll send you my brand-new Positive Zone brochure as soon as it’s finished!

 P. P.S: My new book is coming out this fall and will contain great tips like this one:

“Always keep several get well cards on the mantle, so if unexpected guests arrive, they will think you've been sick and unable to clean!”  Maxine