Hi Rachel!
Really enjoyed your response several days ago. Actually, I do not keep a journal but I do find that I internalize thoughts as I share them with others when I e-mail family and friends - of which I consider you one. Also since I live alone (with my dog 💕) I engage in some sort of intentional contemplation (as opposed to daydreaming). I love Bible reading and study, and thinking about the infinite ways God offers His love reduces anxiety about all kinds unknowns that I wake up with every day.
On a different note of practicality, I find that making lists of things I need to do, ought to do, and want to do ~ and then prioritizing those things ~ clears my mind and also reduces anxiety. For me, prioritizing relieves a good deal of stress. Like you, I figure out how I CAN do things that are important. What is important? Here's where my Sanity Saver comes in! It's a mindset, not originating with me, known as The Duty of the Moment. It's a mindset I incorporate into prioritizing. One mindset important to me is the Golden Rule. So the duty of the moment during an routine task might be simply to offer a smile, open a door for someone, motion someone wanting to changing lanes to go ahead of you....even fulfilling the expectation of your pet to be fed "on time" -- and somehow they always know when it's time!!! LOL If I can keep this in mind even a few times a week maybe I have contributed to somebody's sense of being cared about/for. Full circle for living out the Golden Rule 🤗.

Now about those walks --- I'm working on it! Thanks Rachel!
Barb