I’ve tried to reduce the loomingness of stuff in my mind before as a sheer act of will, and it’s done basically nothing. The only way I’ve managed to do it is to distract myself with something engaging. For something like a meeting, it also helps to have set multiple alarms and triple checked that they are at the right time, and then remind myself that for the most part I trust my alarms.
I’ve tried to reduce the loomingness of stuff in my mind before as a sheer act of will, and it’s done basically nothing. The only way I’ve managed to do it is to distract myself with something engaging. For something like a meeting, it also helps to have set multiple alarms and triple checked that they are at the right time, and then remind myself that for the most part I trust my alarms.
So… what are you doing?