What is worrying? What is that sick feeling that you get when you think that something has gone wrong? It’s called worrying. I came up with that definition myself on the spot. Ok, I just checked google and thefreedictionary called defined it as feeling uneasy, troubled or concerned about something so I’m pretty much close.
For the majority of people, life is revolved around worry. This is like the third time I wrote it and it doesn’t even sound like a word anymore. But there’s homework and there’s a deadline, you haven’t done it yet and you start worrying. Late for work? Worry. Can’t make rent payments? Worry. What’s the point man? Most of the time we worry about the most helpless things. So I came through for myself and I just said fuck it unless I can help it, do something about it to make it better I’m not going to worry about it because worrying is not going to help the situation. On the other hand if you can do something about it, then stop worrying and go finish it up!
There has to be some biological design that make us worry. I don’t give a fuck we can redesign our system. It’s like the flight or fight response. It’s so old school back when we actually had to worry about tigers with ugly fangs pounce behind that bush and impale your fatass. I shouldn’t feel troubled about that cause those fkers were extinct long ago. However, the other things like getting to school in time and paying rent shouldn’t be harder than dodging jurassic creatures.
I can’t tell you how the process works because I’m not a dorky scientist…. yet. I’m guessing it has something to do with the anticipation of the consequence and that association with the feeling. But I can tell you some cool tricks I play on myself to make me stop feeling like shit.
1. Think it through – This is important. Everytime I worried I had no idea what the hell was going on. You panic because you make assumptions and think it’s gonna happen. Most of the time if you think it through, what is the worst that’s going to happen? And I’m not talking about the exceptions like sick family or stuff like that. I’m talking about the useless daily stuff we all encounter like being late for work/school. You’re on public transport and you’re sweating like a bitch. Unless you’re going to bribe the bus driver to cross the speed limit or hijack the vehicle, you might as well relax and spend your FREE time actually doing something you want to do.
2. Live life only once – You go through the motions like everyone else. You live and you die. Unless you enjoy feeling worried, then go ahead but most people know it’s not an enjoyable experience so why bother? Is it really that big of a difference between the decisions you choose from? It sounds like some life-altering choice you’re gonna make but in the end whatever you do you end up in the same place. Look back to some of the biggest decisions you’ve made in your life and did you think the other one was gonna completely screw you over? Sure, they both had their advantages and disadvantages, but again, it probably wasn’t that different. I might even quote Bill Clinton here from his autobiography that “a lot of your life is shaped by the opportunities you turn down as much as those you take up”.
That’s all I can come up for now. I might update this later. But I hoped this could help some of you guys out there. Good luck!