Tips to overcome work-related overthinking? (social.graves.cl)

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Tips to overcome work-related overthinking?

I’ve been more and more stressed out about work during weekends; I tend to think a lot about the things I couldn’t finish this week and how to tackle them in the upcoming week. I’ve been getting obsessed to the point I really don’t enjoy weekends and I can’t relax.

It would be unfair to blame external pressures, it is just me overthinking.

What are your strategies to avoid this?

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[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

This is absolutely the right approach. It creates a mental safety net so that your mind feels like it can let go, and as a result you do. After that it's just a trickle of occasional new thoughts, as opposed to continuous storm. Wonderful approach, can't recommend it enough

[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

"Mental safety net" is a perfect way to put it. You don't have to keep constantly resurfacing the same thoughts over and over so as to not forget them.

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