Writing can change your life. It has been shown to decrease pain if you writing 15 minutes twice a day. Write even rubbish and then the brain will open up and you will find you are writing about things stuck in your brain. Once you have written, tear the page up and throw it away.
Another helpful tool is a diary for tasks. At night, to avoid thinking in a spiraling useless way, mind is just going and going and going, rather write in those 15 minutes about your tasks.
An example of an effective diary, is keeping a list of tasks as:
IMPORTANT and URGENT: IU do soon and spend time on task
IMPORTANT and NON URGENT: IN – needs time. Put off for another day.
NOT IMPORTANT and URGENT:NU – do soon and don’t spend a lot of time on it.
NOT IMPORTANT and NOT URGENT:NN put off and don’t waste time on it.
Keeping a diary can help you overthinking and over planning. Trying to control every moment of every day is exhausting. The more control you seek, the more exhausted you will be.
Good luck
Judy