Worry Swap

Work, family life, love life, grocery shopping, piano lessons, sports, more work... We all have to much on our plates. And we worry to much:

"Will my car make it one more day? Will someone notice that I need a hairtrim really badly? Will I catch a cold if I leave the house without a coat tomorrow? Will the dry cleaner manage to remove that stain from my coat? Should I drop ballet and start yoga instead? Will my aunt remember to call my mother about that thing?"

Some of our worries are justified. And some are pointless.

Try dealing with your worries by outsourcing them! Give one of your concerns to someone else and know: I don't have to worry about that anymore, someone else does it for me.

In this swap you'll have one partner and swap one concern with them. Your partner might need you to worry about their writer's block, or their sick pet or their fear of subways and how it affects their day. And you will give your partner one of your concerns: that dinnerparty you'll have to host, that essay you have to write, the strange mole on your knee...

You'll have one week to do all the worrying for your partner before you give a feedback: how did you feel about worrying about the sick pet of your partner? and did it help you to outsource one of your concerns? These are the two questions you will answer in your feedback.

That means: you'll write two emails. 1. one email to tell your partner about your concern (write a little a bit about yourself, your current situation and why you're worrying about that specific thing.) 2. one email with a feedback.

You can also check in during the week to tell your partner how the worrying is going and that he doesn't need to worry about you worrying because you're doing an excellent job!

You'll rate your partner based on the feedback email: did your partner really get invested in your problem? Do you feel that your partner wrote conclusively about what it felt like to worry about your concern?

The last day to sign up will be September 17th. Partners will be assigned right after that. And the day to write your feedback email, the last day of the worry week, will be September 24th.