Whatever you’re thinking about is literally like planning a future event. When you’re worrying, you are planning. When you’re appreciating you are planning…What are you planning?
— Abraham
I have found myself worry planning some big trouble lately. It is so easy. Just think the scary thoughts and follow the scary mind movie to its scary conclusion.
I think this is in the category of not doing my best, one of the four agreements from The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
When I do am doing this kind of worry planning, here’s what I do. I tell myself that I want to feel good. I pet a cat a dog a horse. I take a walk. I watch something like Bridesmaids again or listen to Annie Lamott reading Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith. 
You SO described my life right now! It help me to read your insights on this subject which, for me, is fraught with anxiety. I paint myself into a corner all the time by over-thinking the planning of my future. I know all the rules: think positively about what you hope to have; “feel” the emotion of already having it; push the negative thoughts to the side, etc. But then I start to dwell on whether I am ‘doing it right’ and whether I am catching myself early enough into a negative thought to negate the negative!
I, like so many others today, are trying hard to put all these lessons into practice, and most of us are fighting against ingrained habits of decades’ duration. Your post today really hit home. I loved it! I read your posts every day and, although I may not comment on each one, it is a daily bright spot for me. Thanks so much.
Thank you Suzanne! It helps me to remember that I don’t have to work it out for the rest of my life, or even the day. Just this lovely breathing moment.