If you know me well, you know that I’m a planner. It’s a quality I find both authentic and valuable to me, and one I’ve decided I wouldn’t necessarily change if given the choice. But, as with all strengths, it can also come at a cost.

Future tripping, over-planning, overworking, and over-stressing, are all traps that we can fall into when attempting to control the future as a way to subdue anxiety. Because anxiety hates uncertainty…