Self · Agency 20 min · pencil ★★☆

Circle of control

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Worry uses energy. Sorting worries shows where your effort counts: what you control, what you can influence, and what you can only accept.

Check one column for each worry. Add two worries of your own at the bottom.
For each worry you control or influence, write one action.
Choose one action to take this week.

Worry	Control	Influence	Neither	One action I can take
How I do on next week’s test
Whether it rains on the weekend
What people post about me online
How much sleep I get
Whether I make the team
How my group project turns out
Prices going up
How I reply to a rude message
My own:
My own:

Talk it over

Why it matters: Separating what you control from what you don’t is an old idea used by athletes and leaders. It turns vague worry into a short list of actions.

Which worry moved column once you thought about it?
What do you worry about that you can influence but not control?

Extend it: Share one worry each and help each other find the part that is in your control.

Effort: ☐ easy ☐ right ☐ stretch

Key takeaway: ________________________________