1. Job and/for financial security. (Which is why anyone who applauds a billionaire taking a chainsaw to people's jobs and emotional/fiscal well being is an asshole.)
2. Health concerns.
3. Death.
4. Romantic relationships.
5. Parents worried about children.
6. Social situations.
7. Environmental concerns/global warning.
8. Travel. (I love being on vacation, but going to/from is a torment.)
9. Adult children worried about parents.
10. Fear of failure. (In my previous life, I handled big budgets and I worried about disappointing my client or, by failing, putting my team at risk.)
11. Aging. (My friend Kathy's age-related mental decline has scared the shit out of me.)
12. Concern over the state of the nation. (Me? I'm a fan of Madisonian Democracy, so I see Donald Trump as a threat.)
13. Technological privacy.
There are those who advise, "Let go and let God." Yeah, but it doesn't work that way. I believe God gives us our lives, His unfailing love and the promise of Eternal Life, but what we do here on earth is on us. I don't believe that God will make sure the mechanic does a good job on the plane before I board any more than He will help when the bases are loaded and there are two outs in the bottom of the 9th. (And if He were to help, would He intervene on the batter's behalf or the pitcher's?) When I pray, it's for strength and wisdom, not an outcome.
What about you? What keeps you up, and why?
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I worry about travel, too. I worry a lot about my husband and his proclivity to constantly engage in activities that may or may not end well. Farming and using heavy machinery are not always safe. I also worry about aging parents, his and mine, and life in general. Great list.
ReplyDeleteThat is a good list. I do have to say let go and let God. Mostly because I realize there are certain situations that I don't have any control. I can't fix the situation or a person. I don't have to strive it be perfect either. I do what I can and trust God for the rest. My anxiety level has gone down for the most part. We still have to exist in a world of craziness!!
ReplyDelete1, 2, 5, 9, 11, and 12. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteI feel so many of those. I never felt them so much until losing my parents, within five weeks of each other. It was a rough time that really rocked my world.
ReplyDeleteAgree wholeheartedly with #1. I don't get how people aren't gutted at all these vital workers losing their jobs and all of this wonderful infrastructure to our society being lost forever. I read something once about worrying not helping the situation, and while I understand this on an intellectual level, it's hard not to when it's on your mind.
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those folks being treated for anxiety, so obviously I have noticeable issues in this arena. Most of my worries are financial based because I'm just bloody DUMB about stuff like that. I worry about (when I should start) retiring. I worry about my kid--it's only gotten worse now that she's an adult!--and I worry about the state of the world.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, I don't enjoy the process of traveling anymore at all.