My default instinct is to try to control everything I do with a kind of white-knuckled intensity, as if loosening my grip on my focus or attention will result in my life immediately going off the rails and crashing and burning.
All of today I've made a point to "let go of the wheel," so-to-speak, and place no expectations on myself. I'm not crashing and burning. Things are going like they would on any other day, except I'm in a better mood.
I need to learn to trust myself more.