Hi Loves Trees,
I'm a newb (in week 3), but I have been struggling with racing thoughts in reference to all the things I have to take care of... my neverending to-do list. Anyway, I had a breakthrough of sorts today that really worked for me and may work for you. In the past, I've either just let the racing thoughts take over. At best, I would write them down, but I would find that I couldn't stop thinking of things to put down on paper. This would help a bit, but would result in writer's cramp and thoughts that would still race. Today, I realized that I need to limit what I write down. I wrote down 5 thoughts, concerns, worries, tasks, etc. and resolved act on each of them individually before I addressed the dozens more that were racing through my head. This slowed my thinking down, gave me some control, and yielded one of my more productive days in months.
Also, I only listed thoughts that I could actually control or do something about. The other thoughts, the ones I can't affect with my behavior, I am choosing to give as little attention to as possible. I can't do anything about them anyway, so they don't need my attention.
Anyway, I hope this helps in some way. Welcome back.
~Steve