Intensely anxious feelings can plague you today, causing you to spend less time than usual focused on your goal-oriented endeavors. You may feel insecure where your personal and professional projects are concerned and be compelled to devote yourself to a thorough examination of all that could potentially go wrong. Yet you may be unintentionally impairing your progress by indulging in these bouts of apprehension. You will likely find that you are able to get more done and concentrate more fully on the task before you when you divest yourself of your worries. The extra energy, time, and resources you gain by not worrying today can be auspiciously applied to the pursuits most important to you.

The less we worry about the pursuits important to us, the more time and energy we have to devote to those pursuits. While anxiety can seem productive, as it often goads us into making difficult choices or immersing ourselves in challenging tasks, it nonetheless forces us to expend valuable resources in the contemplation of events that may never come to pass. When we banish worry, we can ground ourselves in the present and give 100 percent of our attention to the tasks and decisions before us. The resultant confidence allows us to ponder the future with unflagging optimism, ultimately empowering us to devote ourselves to ever more ambitious and grand dreams. As you put aside your anxiety to focus on life in the present today, your future will become a bright landscape of glorious possibilities.