Breaking Free of Worry and Regret

What would you do differently in your life if you weren't worried that you would regret the decision?

Last week’s challenge was to make a list of life’s regrets and let them go by literally burning them in the presence of at least one person who knows us and loves us. How did that go?

This week… Well… Can I ask a question?

What would you do differently in your life if you weren’t WORRIED that you would REGRET the decision?

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So far we have learned to Forget Regret, to Let It Be, Learn From It and Let It Go so we can Live Now. But for many of us, regret is not our primary distraction. What holds us back from truly living our lives in this age of pandemics and turmoil… is Worry.

Abraham Hicks once said that worry is using our imagination to create what we don’t want.

The New Testament tells us not to worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. That each day has trouble enough of its own.

Researchers estimate that we have over 70,000 thoughts per day. How do you spend yours? Is it worrying about things over which you have no control?

We’ve also learned that what we feed grows, what we starve recedes. That we feed the experience of our lives first through our time and attention.

There’s an old saying, “Worry is like a rocking chair—it gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere.”

We believe it’s a form of self-delusion that makes us feel like we’re actively addressing a possible future problem when, in fact, we’re doing nothing at all but… thinking… maybe even talking or texting about it… but not really doing anything about it.

So how can we actively address a problem that really doesn’t exist yet… in a future that doesn’t exist yet… that may never really exist at all… We address it with a powerful LIFEtool called… A Plan!

We can’t really control life, but we can plan for it!

Why does this matter so much? Because worry steals our time, attention, energy, and joy—robbing us of the present moment with the people we love most. Fresh 2025–2026 research shows the real cost:

• Chronic worry and rumination significantly reduce attention span and working memory capacity, with mindfulness and acceptance practices (core to our L Steps) shown to reverse these effects in multiple studies.

• Unmanaged anxiety driven by worry contributes to lower psychological flexibility, directly impacting daily focus and productivity across diverse populations.

• Acceptance-based approaches like those in the L Steps improve emotional regulation and family functioning by reducing the mental load of future-oriented worry.

• Recent trials confirm that shifting from worry to planning and presence leads to measurable gains in well-being and reduced interference in daily life and relationships.

The good news? When we combine the L Steps with a simple plan, we stop feeding worry and start living the life we truly want—right now.

This Week’s Challenge: Make a Worry List and turn it into a Plan.

• Grab a notebook or the Notes app and make a thorough worry list—everything on your mind.

• Rank each worry from 1–10 (10 being the biggest).

• For every item, ask yourself two questions: “Do I really have any control over this?”

  • If the answer is no → Let It Go (use the L Steps you already know).

  • If the answer is yes → It’s time to make a Plan!

• Keep the list visible and update it daily. Watch how your energy, focus, and peace shift when worry loses its power.

  
  

  We’re in this together.

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