A moment of release

Yesterday, NPR ran a story about front-line clinicians that described how a nurse would spend his hour commute home ‘haunted’ by all the stuff that he hadn’t been able to do. It’s totally understandable—we just shouldn’t valorize it as a coping strategy. Rehashing the day, in the form of rumination, can (unintentionally) create habitual patterns that make it more likely you’ll be wound up all evening and into the night. But there is a way to disrupt the rehash—and it’s about learning to reallocate your attention.