Coping skill · 5 min
One-thing list
You have forty things to do and you are doing none of them.
Do this
- Dump everything onto paper. All of it.
- Circle the one thing that makes tomorrow easier.
- Break it into a first step that takes under two minutes.
- Do that step with your phone in another room.
- Cross it off. Then pick the next one.
Why it works
Strong feelings and urges rise, peak and fall, usually within minutes. A skill gives your body something to do while the wave passes, and each time you ride one out, the next one gets a little easier.