Anxiety is not intuition.

In order to fall asleep, you pretend to fall asleep. Perhaps that’s how everything works ... cheers to faking it ’til you make it.

Don’t make what someone told you into your narrative.

Ask for a favor, get advice. Ask for advice, get a favor. Asking for a favor can put someone in an uncomfortable spot, but asking for advice taps into their intelligence and shows respect. It may feel slower, but it ultimately gets you what you want more effectively.

Stop trying to calm the storm. Calm yourself, the storm will pass.

Write what’s bothering you down on a piece of paper; put it in a little box. A year later, read what’s in there and see if you don’t start laughing.

It’ll be fine or it’ll be over

We tend to forget that baby steps still move us forward

Nothing changes if nothing changes. — Kristine Tobin Balasz, Charlevoix, Mich.