To hate that anxiety about this is going to ruin my weekend?

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I have go to a new work site on Monday, 9-6 so a lot day and am worried the colleagues will be difficult, already working myself up about it and it's only Friday night.
Aibu to hate that I am so anxious?

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try the ‘I’m so lucky, everything always works out for me’ tip.

Maybe as you head home on Monday you will be saying “that wasn’t as bad as I feared, everything worked out for me” and then it can begin to diminish your overall anxiety.
I spent last weekend stressing about a new work thing going on this week but I have been practicing the above mantra as much as possible, here we are at Friday and it really hasn’t been so bad!

Good luck!

Why not spend the weekend imagining it going how you want it to go. Our experience of the world is filtered through what we choose to pay attention to, including which of our own thoughts. Good chance to experiment.

Plan something nice for Monday evening OP so that no matter how the day goes, you have something to look forward to. Even something simple like a favourite meal, gym class, film on tv or if your funds allow, a drink with a friend, cinema trip or meal out.

By why would it be a negative experience? You need to reframe your expectations.

The build up is always worse. I know its hard but try and fill your weekend with things you enjoy/tasks you need to get done. It will keep you busy and help put work into perspective - its not your whole life. Also imagine the day going as well as it could! Positive affirmations, you'll smash it!

Being anxious about something you cannot influence is pointless. Try tell yourself this again and again. The time we have on this planet to enjoy ourself is limited anyway. No need to shorten them with fretting about things you can’t help anyway.

i refer to this as the stoic imperative

”God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can,

And wisdom to know the difference.”

don’t fret about things that haven’t happened yet.

you don’t know your new collegues they might be nice they might not be, deal with it one day at the time. Now is not the time.

Try this Paul McKenna thing

Thanks all. Feel so very anxious today, it's horrible