How to fight your worries and be happier
Posted by Jorge Bernal December 31, 2008
Most people have to feel really bad before they do things that make them feel a little bit better.
David Allen
That’s what happened to me about two years ago. I was overwhelmed with work and life: a lot of “stuff” was going on, and I was worried about too many things. One day, I decided to sit down and write everything that was keeping me worried. This only act of emptying my mind had a very powerful relaxing effect. I knew what the problems were, so I could figure what to do to solve it.
Weeks ago, I found that file in my hard drive, and it made me smile. Everything in it was either gone, irrelevant, or in process of being solved.
Some worries that I’ve fixed in the last two years:
- Leaving home. This weekend will make one year since I left my parents’ house and moved with my girlfriend. No regrets at all.
- Finish the warp website. This ghost was running after me since almost we released the previous version. Finally this year, it happened. It can never be “finished”, but it’s online and I’m pretty satisfied with the result
- Dental health. My teeth were a catastrophic area. Since I left high school, I stopped brushing my teeth progressively, and it had obvious consequences. This year, after spending quite time, money and pain, they got restored and I got into the habit again.
- More exercise. This falls into the “in progress” bin. I wanted to start running, and did it a couple of times. I still plan to do it occasionally. Anyway, I got myself a new folding bike and I go to work biking half of the days.
- Learn and do more photography. Just watch my flickr feed and see for yourself if I’ve improved in quantity and quality
Most of the other things were either projects from work (which I dropped or passed on to someone else), or personal projects which still are in my “someday” list.
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