Focus on what is in your control

When you are overwhelmed or anxious, the world can seem terrifying and scary. There can be too much to do. You may be worrying about things that may not happen or things that are wildly out of your control.

Focus instead on what is in your control. Usually, this means things in your immediate sphere of influence and your emotions. You can work on yourself, you can’t stop microplastics in the ocean but you could pick litter in your community.

Be-Present What action can you take? Focus-on-Process-not-the-end-goal, so you aren’t focusing on the outcome.

The Locus-of-control-exercise is useful to understand what is and isn’t within your control.