There was a man who always felt restless and anxious over small and trivial matters. His desire was to live without worry. So one day he went to see a wise man in his village and asked him how to be free from anxiety. Then the wise man said:
“Why don’t you set aside a specific day for worrying?”
So he decided to worry on one day each week. From then on, whenever he was confronted with any trouble, problem or worry, he wrote it down on a piece of paper, along with the date it occurred, and put it into a box. On an appointed day, he opened the box and started to read what was written on each piece of paper. Then he was very surprised because the things that had bothered him felt like no big deal to him anymore.
After that, he could break free from trivial worries. It was because whenever any trouble or problem arose, he took his time to regain his composure and then tried to find a solution, instead of worrying about it.