Your mind can make tomorrow feel very real today.

The conversation going badly.
The relationship ending.
The answer being no.
The news you’re afraid you’ll receive.

And suddenly, you’re not simply thinking about what "might" happen.
You’re emotionally living through it.

We sometimes call this preparing ourselves.
Yet imagining how devastated you’ll be doesn’t give tomorrow’s version of you more strength.
It gives today’s version of you pain from an event that hasn’t happened.

Plan for what you reasonably can.
Then come back to what’s actually happening.
Tomorrow will bring information, perspective, and resources you don’t have today.

You don’t need to live it twice.