What a worry loop is

Overthinking feels like preparing. The test is simple: has this thought given you anything new in the last ten minutes? If not, it has stopped being problem-solving and become a loop.

Over the next two weeks you’ll learn four skills: postponing worry, testing anxious thoughts, closing decisions and moving attention out of your head. Today is about noticing.

Today’s practice

1. Play the 2-minute reset below.
2. Then, for the rest of the day, simply notice when a loop starts. Say “loop” quietly to yourself. No need to stop it yet.

Reflect