Lately I’ve found that I am in a state of constant worry. For example, last week I was caught up in job applications and was worrying if I’d never get a placement. So I figured I’d just apply to more and more jobs.... This week I am caught up in a different worry, just obsessively ruminating about all the different possibilities.

I realize that this is a modus operandi for me and I worry all the damn time, regardless of subject. I am kept from sleep because of my worrying. 

Worrying often leads to new insights and ways of thinking about my problem, and thinking about something long enough actually does fix things (sometimes). However, life often is more surprising than anything I could have prepared for and I do like to sleep without being consumed by my thoughts. 

Fellow worriers, how do you get the worries to stop? Or at least to abate? Worrying is eating up a lot of energy and I’d like to tone it down a little.