From 100 MORE Days of Weight Loss, Day 182
When you make a decision to stop trying to fix things that aren’t your problem, you’ll feel a sense of relief.
You’ll also be less likely to head for the refrigerator every time the problem comes back up.
Here are my answers to the three questions at the end of the lesson.
1. Watch for a situation where you can ask the questions in this lesson. Describe it.
This comes up a lot in situations with my family members. I want to fix all their problems and I have to remind myself the issues are their problems and I don’t want to make them mine.
2. If you conclude it’s not your problem, plan how you will let go of your involvement.
Catch it quickly when I start thinking about fixing their issues. One of my sisters has a great saying. She says, “We don’t get to vote.” That reinforces that I don’t want to make their problems mine.
3. Record what happened after you stopped making that problem yours.
I’ve done really well with this over the past couple of years. It helps me not worry and fret over problems that aren’t mine (and that I don’t want to make mine!)