I waited last minute to do my taxes and have been putting it off for weeks. Anytime I would think about it my heart would start to race and I would start to feel helpless. The reality is, I had already started my taxes a few weeks ago and just needed to wrap up a few things. I’ve had anxiety for weeks knowing I needed to get this done and kept thinking everything I worked on was gone and I would need to start all over. I was anticipating this huge chaotic catastrophe and have been avoid logging into the account convinced that was the case. Today, I finally sat down and forced myself to log into the account. I’ve been dreading it all day. I had trouble logging into it because I forgot my password, but was able to reset it within minutes. Once I logged in, I saw my return in progress. Nothing was missing and there was no catastrophe. It’s never as bad as anticipated. I just wish I would have logged in sooner to avoid all this unnecessary emotional stress. Anyway, it really taught my a valuable lesson. Don’t jump to conclusions and dwell in them. I let my anxiety get the best of me, when I could have completed this weeks ago instead of obsessing over everything that could go wrong and in turn avoiding the entire thing all together.