How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

I happened to be in the library earlier this week, waiting for a meeting to end. So I paid up my library fines from last year, got a new card, and checked out some audio books. One of them was “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living“, by Dale Carnegie.

Audio books are handy things to have when you’re on the road. I’m only driving for about 20 minutes each way, but I can also listen over lunch, which is an hour.

I wondered, when I opened the audio CD case, what about worry could possibly fill 7 CD’s. The book does go through several different methods of dealing with stress, including finding something to take your mind off of it (like working or performing some hobby), writing down what you’re worrying about, what is the worst that could happen, and what you’re going to do about it (and when).

There are stories throughout, telling how people have eliminated worry from their lives, and how eliminating worry has helped them to live longer, happier, more successful lives.

If you’re a constant worrier like I am, pick it up at your local library. You won’t be sorry.