“Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays I set aside for worrying about other people’s opinions as much as my mind demanded; Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays were days when I would greet such thoughts and ask them to return on the following day, when they would be pondered, even entered into a journal. Eventually my brain’s emotional circuits noted that I was just as safe in the world on the “no speculating about what others think” days as I was on other days; moreover the “no speculating” days were far more peaceful, with more time to focus on worthwhile thoughts and activities.”