How much do you really want to worry about?  How much can you control?  Let’s face it, most of the problems that come up in your life are out of your control.  So what do you do about it?  It’s fine to think one step ahead.  A little bit of planning can help you when things don’t go your way.  But it’s easy to go too far.

Do you believe that everything will work out in the end?  That’s the first step, because you have to believe that things turn out okay.  Sure, things will go wrong along the way, and most things won’t go according to your plans, but they will end up working out.

So you’re stressing about something that’s coming up.  You know that it may not go your way, so you think about what might go wrong.  Then you think about the next thing that might go wrong.  Then the next “what if, what if, what if.”  This could go on forever, but what are you really accomplishing?

Think one step ahead so you’re ready, then just accept that everything else will work itself out, or you will just deal with the new issues as they come up.  Worrying about them doesn’t help anything.