Grounding exercise
Circle of Control
Put your energy where it can matter: what you control, what you influence, and what you need to release.
Three circles
- Control
- Your choices, words, boundaries, and next action
- Influence
- Conversations and situations you can affect but not determine
- Release
- Other people's reactions, past events, and outcomes you cannot command
How to use it
- Write the situation at the top of a page
- Sort each concern into one of the three circles
- Choose one small action from the control circle
Reflection
What deserves your effort today, and what is asking to be carried without being controllable?