The Art of Taking It Easy: How to Cope with Bears, Traffic, and the Rest of Life's Stressors

by Brian King

The traffic was real, but it was your own beliefs, values, and expectations that made the situation into one that you found stressful.

worrying, it does nothing to prevent bad things from happening. Worrying does not affect the outcome of a situation, it doesn’t make adverse events less likely to occur, it just makes our life less great.

Learning to keep our brain active can help us avoid excessive worrying.