Anxiety Hack: Anxiety thrives on your procrastination. If you have an anxiety provoking task, do it immediately at the start of your day. Otherwise, it’ll only start to feel scarier and impossible to complete in your mind.

A few nights ago I was messing around with an AI therapist app (I’m too broke for a real therapist), and it said something that really stuck with me—anxiety thrives on hesitation. The longer you avoid something stressful, the bigger and scarier it feels. Your brain tricks you into thinking avoidance is the right move because it gives instant relief—like dodging a threat. That’s why procrastination feels so good in the moment. But in reality, it makes anxiety even worse next time.

The best way to break this cycle? Do the hardest thing first. Knocking it out early not only stops it from looming over you all day, but it also retrains your brain to stop seeing it as a threat. Plus, you get a nice mental boost from knowing you handled it head-on.

I used to let anxiety control my schedule, but once I started doing this, my stress levels dropped like crazy. Anyone else tried this?