Mind the gap: this one weird trick may pinpoint the source of your stress.

It’s your thinking about the gap between where you are and where you "should be" that causes suffering.

Thinking causes feeling. Then feeling leads to actions that yield an outcome which reinforce the mindset that there's a gap in the first place.

How do you break this cycle?

Go back to the beginning.

A thought is harmless and will pass if you let your mind settle.

The gap could look like just a gap, and gaps can be fun to close when you get back to work on what's actually happening now, and enjoy it.