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How to navigate family planning when future worry takes over

My family can't have a conversation about our teenager's college plans without everyone getting overwhelmed thinking about all the things that could go wrong in the next four years. We start talking about course selection and end up paralyzed by fears about debt, career prospects, and economic uncertainty.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Collective concern for the future can freeze present decision-making in a web of infinite possibilities.

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“Where Are You with Worry as time distortion?”

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