Declutter Your Mind

Step 2

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📝 Read through your thought list. This is the list you wrote in Step 1.

👀 Look for patterns. Notice themes in the types of thoughts you wrote down. Thoughts can be classified into different categories:

• Daily to-do tasks (I have to finish this paper by 5 p.m.)
• Awfulizing thoughts (I am scared that I will fail the exam. I’ll get fired and then I won’t be able to pay my bills.)
• Procrastination thoughts (I don’t want to go for a run. I’ll work on the term paper tomorrow.)
• Life goal-related thoughts ( I wish I knew what to do after college.)

✍🏼 Divide thoughts into groups. Use highlighters to group items on your list that belong in the same category. Create a key showing which color represents a thought category.

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