Can you imagine going on a walk with your overthinking stuffed in a bag?

A few days ago had a beautiful insight in the middle of the night.

After more than a month away from work, illness, holidays, life happening, I lay there wide awake thinking: 

"I don't want to go to work tomorrow."

But the moment the thought appeared, something in me knew it wasn't true.
My body was tired. My mind was noisy. But I wasn't actually resisting work, it was just my thinking, running old patterns.

So I played with the thought, Byron Katie-style:
"I don't want to go to work."
"I do want to go to work."
"I want the paycheck from work."
"I think I don't want to go to work."

And then suddenly:
"My thinking doesn't want to go to work."

I started laughing out loud.
I pictured myself on the train with my overthinking stuffed into a shopping bag, dragging it along beside me.
Instant relief.

And the next morning?
I got to work with more lightness and ease, a fresh new day.

Sometimes all it takes is remembering:

"You are not your thoughts."