The Art of Not Panicking 🧘🏽♂️
“You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it.”
Okay relax — we’re not about to get philosophical 😅
I’m not really a writer.
I don’t journal.
But I figured maybe trying this out might help me think clearer.
Lately I’ve been thinking about stress.
Just normal life stress.
Deadlines. Expectations. Things breaking at the worst time.
Life doing what life does.
Here’s something I’ve slowly learned:
Stress is emotional.
Problems are logical.
And emotional reactions don’t usually solve logical problems.
When something goes wrong, the first reaction is tension.
Overthinking.
“What if this gets worse?”
“What if I can’t fix this?”
But when I look back at every serious issue I’ve faced —
somehow, I solved it.
Maybe not immediately.
Maybe not perfectly.
But it got handled ✅
That made me realize something simple:
If every problem eventually gets solved…
why panic first?
I actually learned this from a friend of mine 👀
This guy — no matter what was happening — stayed calm.
Things falling apart? Calm.
Pressure building? Calm.
Unexpected trouble? Still calm.
Not careless. Not lazy.
Just steady.
While everyone else reacted emotionally,
he responded logically.
He separated the feeling from the problem.
The stress was emotional.
The issue was practical.
And you can’t debug a situation if your brain is in panic mode 🧠⚠️
I’ve seen this even in technical work.
When I’m frustrated, I miss obvious things.
When I slow down and detach a little,
the solution usually appears.
Calm creates clarity.
Clarity solves problems.
So now I try something different.
Instead of caring too much,
I care just enough.
Enough to act.
Not enough to spiral.
The “art of not caring” isn’t about being indifferent.
It’s about not letting emotions take the steering wheel 🚗
It’s choosing logic over noise.
It’s telling yourself:
“This is a problem. Problems have solutions. Let’s find it.”
I’m still learning this.
Still practicing it.
Still catching myself when I start overthinking.
But I’ve realized something important:
Every issue is temporary.
Panic just makes it feel permanent.
Anyway — this is me trying something new.
Writing it down. Thinking it through ✍🏽
Maybe staying calm is a skill.
Maybe it’s just practice.
Either way, I’m working on it.