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I Practice The “Audit” Technique to Stop Worrying
A simple method I use for a calm mind.
To fear uncertainty is natural. To worry about things you can’t control is human. But when worrying takes over your life, it pays to back control. That’s why I practice what I call the “audit technique,” to stop worry from taking over my life. I question its purpose.
I challenge its significance to my present or future.
I decide what stays and what goes. I don’t want to think everything spinning in my head is reality. “To live by worry is to live against reality,” notes theologian and author E. Stanley Jones. Worry feels urgent, but it rarely is. My mind invents worst-case scenarios.
Our minds treat every concern like a crisis. But most worries are noise. They distract us from what truly matters.
Auditing quiets that noise.
Auditing means I break worries down to get to the truth. I examine them, question them, and let go of the ones that don’t serve me. It’s a simple technique, really.
I take stock of my anxieties, fears, and “what ifs.”
I examine them closely to figure out why my mind won’t let go. I ask questions to sort through them. I separate worries into “real,” “fear,” “false reality,” “can control” and “can’t…
